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<cs><col>Evil eye</col>, <cd>an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.</cd>

<blockquote>It almost led him to believe in the <b>evil eye</b>. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Evil speaking</col>, <cd>speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness.</cd> -- <col>The evil one</col>, <cd>the Devil; Satan.</cd></cs>

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<note>&hand; <i>Evil</i> is sometimes written as the first part of a compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: <i>Evil</i> doer or <i>evil</i>doer, <i>evil</i> speakink or <i>evil</i>-speaking, <i>evil</i> worker, <i>evil</i> wishink, <i>evil</i>-hearted, <i>evil</i>-minded.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful; destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse; wrong; vicious; calamitious.</syn>

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<hw>E"vil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to <ant>good</ant>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Evils</b> which our own misdeeds have wrought. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>evil</b> that men do lives after them. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.</def>

<blockquote>The heart of the sons of men is full of <b>evil</b>. <i>Eccl. ix. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>malady or disease; especially in the phrase <i>king's evil</i>, the scrofula.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the <b>evil</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>E"vil</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>It went <b>evil</b> with his house. <i>1 Chron. vii. 23.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Egyptians <b>evil</b> entreated us, and affected us. <i>Deut. xxvi. 6.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>E"vil eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. See <cref>Evil eye</cref> under <er>Evil</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

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<hw>E"vil-eyed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>E"vil-fa`vored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>