ever-living 
I'll! 1 
2. A turning outward, or inside out. 3. In 
hot., the protrusion of organs that are generally 
produced in a cavity. I'onke'x Manual. Everslon 
Of thd eyelid, ectropion, in whii'h the eyelid, as the re- 
sult of disease or accident, is turned outward so as to ex- 
IIHM- then-d interim! liniiiK. It occurs most frequently in 
the lower lid. 
2. Continual; unfailing; permanent: as, an 
ever-liriny principle. 
Th:il mi iM Klcirinii.i liinixr, Unit glistrcth liright 
\Vilh liunim;; stanvs and ' ri'i'lir/iiit tire. 
s r , ..,,-. K. )., I. X. 60. 
everlyt, <''' Constantly; continually. Mat-l.-mi. 
evermot, ''< [ME. <T<T/M, mrr w, etc. : sre eversive+Tfi-ver'siv), a. [<L.<wrws, pp.ofetw- 
i MT uua mo.] Evermore. ^re, overthrow (see ecert), + -ice.] Designed 
And in a tour, in anguish and in wo, or tending to overthrow ; subversive. [Bare.] 
Dwvlleli this nlMDOD and eke Arcite, 
For etermo, there may no gold hem quite. A maxim . . . evemve of all Justice and morality 
Chaucer, Knlghfs Tale (ed. Tyrwhltt), 1. 1034. T. Wddei. 
evermore (ev'6r-mor), adv. [< ME. evermore, evert (e-vert'), ' [< I* evertere, evortere. 
i n !< iii/n; etc.: see ever and more, adv.] 1. turn out, turn over, overthrow, < e, out, + ver- 
Always ; forever ; eternally, or for all coming 
time: often preceded by for. 
For evermore ye schulcn have pore men with you, and 
whaniie ye woleii ye moun do wel to hem, but ye shulen 
not evermore have me. Wyclif, Mark xlv. 7. 
Religion prefers those pleasures which flow from the 
tere, vortere, turn : see verse, vertex, etc., and cf . 
avert, advert, convert, invert, pervert, revert, sub- 
vert.'] If. To overthrow ; subvert ; destroy. 
presence of God for evermore. Tillotsmi. 
Let me be 
Ewrmore numbered with the truly free 
Who Hnd thy service perfect liberty ! 
Whittier, What of the Day? 
2. At all times; continually: as, evermore 
guided by truth. 
Also a Knyght of the Temple wooke there ; and wyssched 
Have I, fond wretch, 
With utmost care and labour brought thee up, 
And hast thou In one act everted all? 
Chapman, All Fools, Iv. 1. 
2. To turn outward, or inside out. 
In Lagena the mouth is narrowed and prolonged into a 
t ul nilar neck. . . . This neck terminates In an everted lip. 
W. B. Carpenter, Micros., i 478. 
They attack mollusks by everting their stomachs. 
Pop. Encyc. 
aPur8emorefulleofGoid.Jfandene, Travels,?. 147. ever t e bral (e-ver'te-bral), o. [< L. e- priv. + 
vertebrae, vertebrae, '+ -in?.] Not derived from 
vertebrae; not vertebral in character: applied 
to that portion of the skull which is not primi- 
tively traversed by the notochord. 
(That] portion of the cranium which is vertebral, and 
the anterior, or evertebral, portion, which does not exhibit 
any relations to the vertebrae. 
Gegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 447. 
Evertebrata (e-vfcr-te-bra'tft), n. pi. [NL., 
neut. pi. of "evertebratus : see evertebrate. ,] Same 
as Inrertebrata. 
evertebrate (e-ver'te-brat), a. [< NL. "everte- 
bratus, < L. e- priv. -f- vertebras, vertebras.] Not 
vertebrate ; invertebrate. 
evertile (6-ver'til), a. [< evert + -tie.] Same 
as eversibte. 
every 1 (ev'ri), a. andj>ron. [Early mod. E. also 
everie; < ME. every, everi, earlier everich, ererech, 
everuch, everych, etc., evrich, efrich, etc., everilc, 
everilk, ceverelch, ceverelc, etc., anerotlc, < AS. 
cefre Sic, every, lit. ever each: cefre, ever, a 
generalizing adverb; celc, each: see ever and 
each. Thus -y in every represents each, and 
every is each generalized.] I. a. Each, con- 
sidered indefinitely as a unitary part of an ag- 
gregate ; all, of a collective or aggregate num- 
ber, taken one by one; any, as representing 
all of whom or of which the same thing is pred- 
icated. A proposition containing rrery before a class 
name is equivalent to the totality of statements formed 
Their gates to all were open evermore. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 36. 
In matters of religion, women have evermore had a great 
hand, though sometimes on the left, as well as on the 
right hand. Donne, Sermons, xxiii. 
The sign and symbol of all which Christ Is evermore do- 
ing in the world. Abp. Trench. 
Evernia (e-v&r'ni-a), . [NL., < Gr. twpvfo, 
sprouting well, < tv, well, + lpvo$, sprout.] A 
genus of panne- 
Raceous lichens 
having a frutic- 
uloso or pen- 
dulous thallus, 
and apothecia 
with a concave 
disk of a color 
different from 
that of the 
thallus. Erernin 
Prunastri is used 
for dyeing, and 
WHS formerly used, 
ground down with 
starch, for hair- 
powder. 
everniaeform 
(e-ver'ni-e-fdrm), a. [< NL. Evernia + L. 
forma, form.] Resembling Evernia in the form 
of the thallus. 
evernic (e-ver'nik), a. [< Evernia + -ic.] 
Pertaining to the lichen genus Evernia. Ever- 
nic add, an organic acid found in lichens of the genus 
Evernia. 
everninic (e-ver-nin'ik), a. [< Evernia + -in-ic.] 
Same as evernic. 
evernioid (e-ver'ni-oid), o. [< Evernia + -aid.] 
Similar in form and substance to Evernia. 
everriculum (e-ve-rik'u-lum), n. ; pi. ererricu- 
la (-IS). [L., a drag-net, sweep-net,< everrere, 
sweep out, < e, out, + verrere, sweep, brush, 
scrape.] In surg., an instrument, shaped like 
a scoop, for removing sand, fragments of stone, 
or clotted blood from the bladder during or af- 
ter the operation of lithotomy. 
overset (e-vera'), v. t. [< OF. everser, < L. ever- 
sus, pp. of evertere, overthrow: see evert.~\ To 
overthrow or subvert. 
The foundation of this principle is totally evert a. by the 
most Ingenious commentator upon immaterial beings, l)r. 
II. More, in his book of Immortality. 
Qlanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, Iv. 
eversible (e-ve-r'si-bl), a. [< L. eversus, pp. of 
cn-rtrrf. overturn (see evert), + -ibte.] Capable 
of beiug everted, or turned inside out. Also 
evertile. 
This latter appendage is evergible, and contains a pointed 
calcareous concretion (spiculum amoris). 
Gegenbaur, Comp. Anat, (trans. X i>. : 
eyersion (e-ver'shou), n. [= OF. eversion, F- 
r'nr.vi'ii/i = Sp. ererttion = Pg. everscto = It. erer- 
ttiinii; < L. (T<T.v/ii(ii-), a turning out, an over- 
throwing, < evertere, pp. encrsus, overturn : see 
ifirt.] If. Overthrow; subversion; destruc- 
tion. 
Will you cause your own eversion, 
Beginning with despair, ending with woe? 
Middleton, Solomon Paraphrased, i. 
All these reasons doe moue me to conjecture thatQuin- 
say is now by cucmVm of Earth-quake, Warres, or both, 
and by diuersion of the Court from thence, conuerted into 
this smaller suchenin. /'r/iv/iiu, Pilgrimage, p. 436. 
Hi 1 their \tcll-establlshed governments. 
Jer. Taylor, Cases of Conscience. 
by replacing this expression by the name of each indi 
vidual of the class. But if not is placed before every, the 
meaning is that some one or more of these individual 
propositions are not true. Thus, " not every man is a 
poet " does not mean that not any man is a poet, but only 
that some men are not poets. In many cases, however, 
event is ambiguous. 
The mother was an elfe by auenture 
Ycome, by charmes or by sorcerie, 
And everich man hatith hire compagnie. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, L 6176. 
" Certes," seide the kynge, " cuery day and every hour 
hane I to yow nede and myster. " 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ill. 831. 
Peace 1 thou hast told a tale whose every word 
Threatens eternal slaughter to the soul. 
Ford, Tis Pity, II. 5. 
The inductive method has been practised ever since the 
beginning of the world by every human being. 
Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
Every bit, in every respect; in all points; altogether: 
as. his claim is every bit as good as yours. ICoUoq.] 
Every bullet has Its billet. See billeti.- Every dealt, 
In every part ; wholly. 
Am I noght your loue eueridell! 
Fro me shold ye uoght hide no maner think'. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2920. 
Every each*, every other. Every now and then, re- 
peatedly; at short Intervals; frequently. Every once 
in a While, now and then ; from time to time. I Colloq. , 
U. 8.] Everyone [ME. n-erich on, everych on (oon, ete.), 
generally written as one word, ererichon, etc. : see every 
and one], each one (of the whole number) ; every person ; 
everybody. [Now commonly written as two words, but In 
accent and grammatical use practically one word, as for- 
merly written. 1 
Marcial saith men in dyvers wise 
Her tigges keep, and oon for eperichoone,, 
As campaine hem kepcth, shall suffice. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.X P. 127. 
AVer// one that flatters thee 
Is no friend in misery. 
Shalt., Pass. Pilgrim, xxi. 
Every other, see other. 
II. pron. Each of any number of persons or 
things; everyone. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
evese 
Everich of hem doth other greet honour. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale. 1. Uu6. 
Every bewepte hys deth inornynitly 
Thys Erie beried ryght ful solempnely. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. 8.), 1. CM). 
And rfcnj of them strove with most delight* 
Him to aggrate, anil greatest pleasures shew. 
Spenter, V. Q., II. T. 83. 
nf of your wishes had a womb, 
And fertile every wish. .S'Anit., A. and ('., I. 2. 
I desire I may enjoy my liberty herein, as every of your- 
selves do. Winthrop, Hut. New England, II. 142. 
every'-'t, An obsolete form of ivory. Wright. 
The towres shal be of every, 
Clene corvene by and by. Porkinyton MS. 
everybody (ev'ri-bod'i), n. [< erery 1 + body. 
Cf. anybody, somebody, nobody.] Every per- 
son ; every individual of a body or mass of 
persons; people in general, taken collectively. 
Everybody knows how the mental faculties open out 
and become visible as a child grows up. 
W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 94. 
every-day (ev'ri -da), a. [< every day, adv. 
phrase.] Pertaining to daily or common life or 
occasions ; used or occurring habitually ; suit- 
able for or that may be seen every day ; com- 
mon ; usual : as, every-day clothing or employ- 
ments; an every-day event or scene. 
This was no everyday writer. 
Pope, quoted in Johnson's Akenside. 
A plain, business-like speaker ; a man of everyday tal- 
ents In the House. Brougham, Mr. Dundas. 
The antique In itself is not the ideal, though Its remote- 
ness from the vulgarity of everyday associations helps to 
make it seem so. Lowell, Among my Books, Istser., p. 204. 
The regular everyday facts of this common life of men. 
W. K. Cliford, Lectures, II. 68. 
everyone (ev'ri -wun), pron. See every one, 
under erery 1 , a. 
everything (ev'ri-thing), n. [< every 1 + thing. 
Cf. anything, something, nothing.'] 1 . All things, 
taken separately ; any total or aggregate, con- 
sidered with reference to its constituent parts ; 
each separate item or particular: as, everything 
in the house or in the world; everything one 
says or does. 
This hairy Covering is my only Bed, 
My shun, my cloke, my gown, my every-thing. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, ill. 121. 
We feast on good cheer, with wine, ale, and beer, 
And ev'rythina at our command. 
Robin Hood and Little John (Child's Ballads, V. 222). 
Newcastle . . . had found that the Court and this aristoc- 
racy, though powerful, were not everything in the state. 
Macaulay, William Pitt. 
2. That which is important in the highest de- 
gree : as, it will be everything to him to get this 
office. 3. Very much; a great deal: as, he 
thinks everything of her. [Colloq., U. 8.] 
everywhen (ev'ri-hwen), adv. [< every 1 + when. 
After everywhere. Cf. anywhen, somewhen, no- 
when.] At all times. [Rare.] 
Eternal law Is silently present everywhere and every- 
trhen. The Century, XXVI. 531. 
everywhere (ev'ri-hwar), adv. [< ME. everi- 
hwar, saver ihwer, < ever, evere, etc. (AS. cefre), 
ever, a generalizing adverb, + ilncar, ihwer, < 
AS. gehweer, everywhere, on every side, < ge-, 
an indef. generalizing _prefix, + hireer, where. 
Thus, while everywhere is regarded as composed 
of every* + where, it is historically made up of 
ever + y-where, the y- being a prefix, as in 
y-clept, y-tcis, etc. (see i-), and quite different 
from the -y in every 1 . Cf . anywhere, somewhere, 
nowhere.] 1. In every place ; in all places. 
And the whole drifte of his discourse Is this, that Christ, 
lieing both Ood and man, by the nature and substance of 
his Godhead Is everywhere. Bp. JeuxU, Defence, p. 88. 
Everyipherc weighing, everywhere measuring, everywhere 
detecting and explaining the laws of force and motion. 
D. WebtUr, Mechanics' Inst., Nov. 12, 1828. 
Everywhere among primitive peoples trespasses are fol- 
lowed by counter trespasses. 
U. Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 97. 
2. Wherever; to whatever place or point: as, 
you will see them everywhere you go. [Colloq.] 
everywhither (ev'ri-hwira'er), adv. [< every' 
+ whither. Cf. anywhither, somewhither, no- 
ichither.] To every place; in every direction. 
George Eliot. [Rare.] 
Every! (ev'e-nks), n. [NL., < Gr. rf, well. + 
Eryx, a generic name variously applied.] A 
genus of sphinx-moths. E. myron is the green grape- 
vine sphinx, of general distribiitimi in the t'nited States, 
expanding about 2} inches, of varied greenish and gray 
colors, the hind wings mostly reddish. 
evest, . /'' An obsolete form of eaves. 
evesdropt, evesdroppert. See eavesdrop, eaves- 
eveset, r. t. [ME. evesen, < AS. efesian, efsian, 
shear : see eaves, earesing.] To border. 
