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E"vil-eyed (?) a. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak.

E"vil-fa`vored (?), a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon.

-- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.

E"vil*ly (?), adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.

E"vil-mind`ed (?), a. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.

E"vil*ness, n. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

E*vince" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evinced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing (?).] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict.] 1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]

Error by his own arms is best evinced.

Milton.

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this.

South.

E*vince"ment (?), n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

E*vin"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale.

--E*vin"ci*bly, adv.

E*vin"cive (?), a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

E"vi*rate (?), v. t. [L. eviratus, p. p. of evirare to castrate; e out + vir man.] To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Ev`i*ra"tion (?), n. [L. eviratio.] Castration. [Obs.]

E*vis"cer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eviscerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating (?).] [L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

E*vis`cer*a"tion (?), a. A disemboweling.

Ev"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. évitable.] Avoidable. [R.] Hooker.

Ev"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. evitatus, p. p. of evitare to shun; e out + vitare to shun.] To shun; to avoid. [Obs.] Shak.

Ev`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. evitatio.] A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.

E*vite" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. éviter. See Evitate.] To shun. [Obs.] Dryton.

Ev`i*ter"nal (?), a. [L. eviternus, aeternus. See Etern.] Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] -- Ev`i*ter"nal*ly, adv. Bp. Hall.

Ev`i*ter"ni*ty (?), n. Eternity. [Obs.]

Ev"o*cate (?), v. t. [L. evocatus, p. p. of evocare. See Evoke.] To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse.

Ev`o*ca"tion (?), n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. évocation.] The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.

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