Part 3969

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits <b>evaded</b> swift By quick contraction or remove. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.</def>

<blockquote>The ministers of God are not to <b>evade</b> and take refuge any of these . . . ways. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn>- To equivocate; shuffle. See <er>Prevaricate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Evadible</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vad"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being evaded.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Evagation</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Ev`a*ga"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evagatio</ets>, fr. <ets>evagari</ets> to wander forth: cf. F. <ets>\'82vagation</ets>. See <er>Vagary</er>.]</ety> <def>A wandering about; excursion; a roving.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Evagination</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vag`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evaginatio</ets> an extending, <ets>evaginare</ets> to unsheathe; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>vagina</ets> sheath.]</ety> <def>The act of unsheathing.</def>

<h1>Eval</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"val</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aevum</ets> lifetime, age, eternity.]</ety> <def>Relating to time or duration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Evaluate</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*val"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Evaluation</er>.]</ety> <def>To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.</def>

<h1>Evaluation</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*val`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82valuation</ets>, LL. <ets>evaluatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Valuation; appraisement.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Evanesce</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Ev`a*nesce"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Evanesced</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Evanescing</er>. <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>evanescere</ets>; e out + <ets>vanescere</ets> to vanish, fr. <ets>vanus</ets> empty, vain. See <er>Vain</er>, and cf. <er>Evanish</er>.]</ety> <def>To vanish away; to because dissipated and disappear, like vapor.</def>

<blockquote>I believe him to have <b>evanesced</b> or evaporated. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evanescence</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Ev`a*nes"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; <as>as, the <ex>evanescence</ex> of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes</as>.</def>

<i>Rambler.</i>

<h1>Evanescent</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>Ev`a*nes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evanescens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>evanescere</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; <as>as, <ex>evanescent</ex> joys</as>.</def>

<blockquote>So <b>evanescent</b> are the fashions of the world in these particulars. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>