Part 3984

<hw>Ev"i*den*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whi gives evidence.</def>

<h1>Evident</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"i*dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82vinent</ets>, l. <ets>evidens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>videns</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>videre</ets> to see. See <er>Vision</er>.]</ety> <def>Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; <as>as, the figure or color of a body is <ex>evident</ex> to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made <ex>evident</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Your honor and your goodness is so <b>evident</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And in our faces <b>evident</b> the sings Of foul concupiscence. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See <er>Manifest</er>.</syn>

<h1>Evidential</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`i*den"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.</def> <i>Bp. Fleetwood.</i> "<i>Evidential</i> tracks." <i>Earle.</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ev`i*den"tial*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Evidentiary</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`i*den"ti*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.</def>

<blockquote>When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be <b>evidentiary</b> of, a mark of, some other fact. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evidently</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"i*dent*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.</def>

<blockquote>Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been <b>evidently</b> set forth. <i>Gal. iii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He has <b>evidently</b> in the prime of youth. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evidentness</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"i*dent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being evident.</def>

<h1>Evigilation</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>E*vig`i*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evigilatio</ets>; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>vigilare</ets> to be awake. See <er>Vigilant</er>.]</ety> <def>A waking up or awakening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Evil</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>E*vil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>evel</ets>, <ets>evil</ets>, <ets>ifel</ets>, <ets>uvel</ets>, AS. <ets>yfel</ets>; akin to OFries, <ets>evel</ets>, D. <ets>euvel</ets>, OS. & OHG. <ets>ubil</ets>, G. <ets>\'81bel</ets>, Goth. <ets>ubils</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>over</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; <as>as, an <ex>evil</ex> beast; and <ex>evil</ex> plant; an <ex>evil</ex> crop.</as></def>

<blockquote>A good tree can not bring forth <b>evil</b> fruit. <i>Matt. vii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; <as>as, <ex>evil</ex> conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Ah, what a sign it is of <b>evil</b> life, When death's approach is seen so terrible. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; <as>as, <ex>evil</ex> tidings; <ex>evil</ex> arrows; <ex>evil</ex> days.</as></def>

<blockquote>Because he hath brought up an <b>evil</b> name upon a virgin of Israel. <i>Deut. xxii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an <b>evil</b> sign. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Evil</b> news rides post, while good news baits. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>