evidential 
of c\idt-nrt-, Init ii' or proper t" In- pleaded as 
ll essential part "f the cim-n- "f ai tiat Of 'li-fense. 
evidentially (ev-i-deu'shal-i), ailr. In an evi- 
dential manner; an evidence. 
I'.M-n I In- Vint'-l-" Mm.] i cl.iwn a n< I pr> inl" Ilif ni>ntiTii ^ 
ofUod. . . . Thrivfiiiv iln'.v ili> not fully anil rvulrni:nii : i 
know them, for tin-He uiv tin- p-.Miuvs not nf Iho-i- lm 
know alivailv, lint uf th">' lint n<li'a\'iiir to know. 
\,,;/,. ,,rks, IX. xi. 
evidentiary (cv-i-den'shi-a-ri), a. [< Llj. '" 
tti'iitiii, evidence, + -///.] ' Same as evidential. 
The suplKMcd ri-idrnlinrii fuct must tie connected ill 
.sunn- partimlar manner with the fact of which It is 
cl.-c inrit . riilentiary. .1. X. Mill, Logic, V. 11. { 1. 
To present in tin- Wrongest light the rvidfiiUm'!/ \:din- 
omi.-M- fai-i , i in /' Kilogy and botany ],I shall th.-'vf,, iv have 
r niriM! to an analogous seriesof facts In a <|inl> <li inn-t 
sri'-tuv. ./. /'<>*-., ('r.sinic I'liilt-'.. I. 448. 
Evidentiary facts, see evidential. 
evidently (ev'i-dent-li), adv. [< ME. evidently ; 
< evident + -ly 2 .] " Clearly; obviously; plainly; 
in a manner to be seen and understood ; so as 
to convince the mind; certainly; manifestly. 
O foolish Giilatians, who hath In-witched you, that ye 
should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ 
hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 
Gal. ill. 1. 
The Bishop of Rochester preached t St. Paul's Cross, 
and there shewed the Blood of Hales, affirming it to be no 
Blood, but Honey clarified and coloured with Saffron, as 
It had been evidently proved before the King and Council. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 286. 
He was evidently In the prime of youth. Irving. 
evidentness (ev'i-dent-nes), n. The state of 
being evident ; clearness; obviousness; plain- 
Ill'SS. 
evigilatet (e-vij'i-lat), v. i. [< L. eciffilalus, 
pp. of ecigilare, wake up, < e, out, 4- vigilare, 
wake: see vigilant.'] To watch diligently. Bai- 
lei/, 1727. 
evigilationt (e-vij-i-la'shon), n. [< LL. evigi- 
Uitio(n-)-, < L. evigiUire, intr., wake up: see evi- 
i/ilnti .\ A waking or watching. 
The trigilatim of the animal powers when Adam awoke. 
Bibliotheca Biuliographica Oacon. (1720), 1. 157. 
evil 1 (e'vl), a. and n. [I. a. Early mod. E. also 
will, evel, eryl ; < ME. evel, ivel, tivel, yvel, < AS. 
yfel = OS. ubhil = OFries. evel = D. euvel = 
LG. Steel = OHG. ubil, MHO. nbel, itbel, G. iibel, 
adj., ill, = Sw. ilia, adv., = Dan. ild, adj., obs., 
tide, adv., ill (> E. ill), = Goth, ubils, evil. II. 
n. < ME. evel, ivel, uvel.yeel, < AS. yfel = OS. 
ubil = OFries. evel = D. euvel = LG. oirel = 
OHG. ubil, MHG. ubel, iibel, G. iibel = Goth, ubil, 
n., evil ; neut. of the adj. Cf . ill, which is a con- 
tracted form (of Scand. origin) of evil. In the 
ME. period the place of ecil as an adj. in com- 
mon use began to be taken by bad, which is now 
the more familiar word, and has a wider range, 
evil being restricted usually to things morally 
bad. The noun evil is applicable to anything 
bad, whether morally or physically. The an- 
tithesis of both evil and bad is good.] I. a. ; 
compar. usually worse, superl. worst (see bad 1 ), 
or more ecil, most evil (rarely eviler, evilest). 1 . 
Having harmful qualities or characteristics; 
productive of or attended by harm or injury; 
hurtful to the body, mind, or feelings ; effecting 
mischief, trouble, or pain ; bad : as, an eril ge- 
nius; evil laws. 
Hony Is vuel to defye and engleymeth the rnawe. 
Fieri Plowman (B), xv. 63. 
An evU beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 33. 
Some say, no evil thing that walks by night . . . 
Hath hurtful power o'er true Virginity. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 432. 
Kvery "> calleth that which pleaseth, and Is delight- 
ful to himself, stood ; and that toil which dtspleaseth him. 
Hobbet. 
What is apt to produce pain in us we call eeU. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. \\i. 4-J. 
2. Proceeding from a desire to injure ; hostile. 
Grete doel and pile was it for the myll will be-twene 
hem and the kynge Arthur, itrrlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 161. 
3. Contrary to an accepted standard of right 
or righteousness ; inconsistent with or violating 
the moral law ; bad ; sinful ; wicked : as, evil 
di-i-ils; an rril heart. 
Kvrrv > il u-M I hail -jiokcn "MCr. 
And I-V.T) <*B tlMii-ht I hail thought of old. 
And ev. TV '<<! ilred I ever did, 
Awoke and crii-d. " This Quest is not for thee." 
T.-iiniimn, Holy Grail. 
And one, in whom all ecil fancies clung 
Like serpent eggs together, laughingly 
Would hint at worse. Tennyton, Enoch Arden. 
4. Proceeding from, due to, or purporting to be 
due to immorality or badness of conduct or 
charai'trr. 
Pur and wide 
That place was known, and by an evil fame. 
William Mnr,i<. Earthly Paradise. III. 337. 
2043 
The evil eye, a baleful faculty superstitiously attrilmted 
t.i i-i-italn persons In former times, and xtill in MHIII- i "in 
iniinitii-x, uf intlirting injury m "I luck II|KIII 
a pnson liy looking at him. The evil one, the devil: 
lonMtimM wrlttra ith capitals a a prrsonitiration the 
/;. iinne. = Syn. 1. Pernicious, injurious, hurtful, deleteri- 
ous, destructive, noxious, baneful, unhappy, adverse, ca- 
lamitous. 3 and 4. Bad, vile, base, vicious, wicked, iniqui- 
tous. 
II. n. 1. Anything that causes injury, as 
to the body, mind, or feelings ; anything that 
harms or is likely to harm. 
And In soche maner it may be that It ought not to be 
refused, for of two euellet it is gode to take the lease ; and 
this Is oure counseile. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), I. 82. 
There Is only one cure for the evil* which newly acquired 
freedom produces ; and that cure ts freedom. 
Macaulay, Milton. 
2. A malady or disease: as, the king's evil 
(which see, below). 
While my woder lyuede, heo hedde an vuel longe, 
And suiigtc in-to diuerse studes, and mihte haue non hele. 
Joseph of Arimathie(E. E. T. S.), 1. 633. 
What's the disease he means? 
TIs call'd the evil. Shot., Macbeth, iv. 3. 
His Majestic began first to touch for y evil, according 
to costome. Evelyn, Diary, July 6, 1660. 
3. Conduct contrary to the standard of morals 
or righteousness, or a disposition toward such 
conduct ; violation of the moral law ; harmful 
intention or purpose. 
The! ben alle the contrarie, and evere enclyned to the 
JEvylle, and to don emjlle. Mandeville, Travels, p. 137. 
The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccles. ix. 3. 
No state of virtue Is complete, however total the virtue, 
save as it Is won by a conflict with evil. 
Buthnell, Sermons for New Life, p. 247. 
4f. A harmful or wrong deed. [Bare.] 
Observe the malice, yea, the rage of creatures 
Discovered In their evilt. B. Jonton, Volpone, Iv. 2. 
King's evil, scrofula : originally so called In England be- 
cause it was believed that the touch of the sovereign was 
eviscerate 
<>. tin liniment 
And wonder of good deeds r villa hesto .1 ! 
Shak., T. of A., Iv. :i. 
Must tin . > 
Dwell evilly on the fairness of thy kindred, 
And seek not where It should? 
Middlrton, Women Beware Women, II. 1. 
It is possible to be just as Immoderately and erilly ad- 
dicted to work as to indulgence. 
tf. Ma them, Getting on In the World, p. SSI. 
evil-minded (e'vl-min'ded), a. Having an evil 
mind; having evil dispositions or intentions; 
disposed to mischief or vice ; malicious ; malig- 
nant; wicked. 
But most she feared that, travelling so late, 
Some evil-minded beasts might lie in wait. 
And without witness wreak their hidden hate. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, It. 88*. 
evilness (e'vl-nes), n. 1. The state or char- 
acter of being evil; badness; viciousness: as, 
evilness of heart. 
Every will and deed are good In the nature of the deed, 
and the evilnca is a lack that then Is. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1860), p. 190. 
The apostle hath taught how wee should feast, not In 
the leuen of euilnette, but in the sweet dough of puritle 
and truth. Litle, tr. of Du Bartas's Sermon on Easter-Day. 
2f. Badness of quality or condition; debase- 
ment ; loss of value. 
They say that the evilnett of money hath made all things 
dearer. Latimer, Sermon of the Plough. 
evil-starred (e' vl-stard), a. Same as ill-starred. 
In wild Mahratta-battle fell my father evil-ttarr'd. 
Tennyton, Locksley Hall. 
eyiltyt.n- [ME. evelte; < evifl + -ty 1 .] Evil; 
injury. 
Men dide me moche euelte 
Myn owyn that oust for to be. 
King Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. 87. 
evil-willing (e'vl-wil'ing), a. Malevolent. 
Mackay. 
evil, sexual Immorality ; specifically, prostitution. 
evilH (e'vl), adv. [< ME. evitt, evell, evele, uvele, 
< AS. yfele, yfle = OS. ubhilo, etc., adv. ; from 
the adj.] 1. Injuriously. 
Troiell with tene tumyt with the kyng, 
Uird hym to ground, & greuit him euill. 
Dettruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9927. 
The Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us. 
Deut. xxvi. B. 
2. Not happily ; unfortunately. 
It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23. 
3. Not virtuously; not innocently. 4. Not 
well; ill. 
And ther-with he wax so euell at ese that he wlste not 
what to do. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ill. 608. 
Ah, frowarrt Clarence ! how evil it beseems thee 
To flatter Henry, and forsake thy brother ! 
Shale., 3 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 
evilH, r- I- [ME. evilen, evylen; from the adj.] 
To fall ill or sick. 
Sone aftyrware she eayld, 
And deyd sunner than she wylde. 
MS. //art. (1701), fol. 53. (Halliwll.) 
evil 2 (e'vl), n. [E. dial.] 1. A fork; a hay- 
fork. 2. A halter. [Prov. Eng.] 
evil-disposed (e'vl-dis-pozd'), a. Inclined to 
wickedness or wrong-doing. 
The evil-ditposed affections and sensualities In us are 
always contrary to the rule of our salvation. 
Latimer, Misc. Selections. 
evil-doer (e'vl-do'er), n. [< ME. eveldoer; < 
evil 1 + doer. ] One who does evil ; one who com- 
mits moral wrong. 
They speak against you as evildoeri. 1 Pet. It. 12. 
He [our Saviour! adviseth his Disciples neither to suiter 
as Fools, nor as evil-doers, but to be wise as Serpents and 
harmless as Doves. Stillinyjtect, Sermons, II. v. 
evil-eel (' vl-el), n. A local Scotch (Aberdeen) 
name of the conger-eel, 
evil-eyed (e'vl-Id), a. Supposed to possess the 
evil eye ; looking with an evil eye, or with envy, 
jealousy, or bad design. 
You shall not find me, daughter, 
After the slander of most step- mothers, 
Krii.i'ii'ii unto you. Shak., Cymbeline, 1. 2. 
evil-favoredt (e'vl-fii'vord), a. Ill-favored, 
evil-favoredlyt (e'vl-fa'vord-li), adv. In an 
ugly or ill-favored aspect. 
In their Temples they haue his image miU-favouredly 
carved. Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 138. 
evil-favorednesst (e'vl-fa'vord-nes), n. De- 
formity. 
Thou shall not sacrifice unto the Lord thy Ood any bul- 
lock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any eril/arviircdnet*. 
Dent. xvli. 1. 
evilly (e'vl-li), aili: [< fvifl, n., + -ly%. See 
"", adv.] In an evil manner; not well. 
jjgg (e-vins'), V. t.; pret. and pp. evinced, ppr. 
4: [= F. M = It. Sincere, dis^ 
sess, evict, < L. evincere, overcome, conquer, 
prevail over, recover one's property by a judi- 
cial decision (see evict), succeed in proving, con- 
vince, < e, out, + vincere, conquer: see vanquish, 
victor.'] If. To overcome ; conquer. 
Errour by his own arms is best evinced. 
Milton, P. R., iv. 238. 
2. To show clearly or make evident ; make clear 
by convincing evidence ; manifest ; exhibit. 
That which can be justly prov'd hurtful! and offensive 
to every true Christian will be evine't to lie alike hurtful 
tu monarchy. Milton, Reformation in Eng., il. 
Tradition then is disallow'd 
When not evinc'd by Scripture to be true. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, ii. 190. 
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they 
evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they 
flow. Bp. Atterbury. 
In the quicker turns of the discourse, 
Expression slowly varying, that evinced 
A tardy apprehension. Wordtworth, Excursion, v. 
evincement (e-vins'ment), n. [< evince + 
-ment.~\ The act of evincing. 
evincible (e-vin'si-bl), a. [< evince + -ible.~\ 
Capable of proof ; demonstrable. [Bare.] 
Implanted instincts in brutes are In themselves highly 
reasonable and useful to their ends, and evincible by true 
reason to be such. Sir .If. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, p. 62. 
Now if these ways of secret conveyance may be made 
out to be really practicable, yea if it lie evincible that they 
are as much as possibly so, it will be a warrantable pre- 
sumption of the verity of the former instance. 
Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, xxi. 
evincibly (e-vin'si-bli), adv. In a manner to 
demonstrate or compel conviction. [Bare.] 
evincive (e-vin'siv), a. [< evince + -ire.] Tend- 
ing to prove ; having the power to demonstrate. 
Smart. [Bare.] 
eviratet (ev'i-rat), r. t. [< L. eriratns, pp. of 
evirare, castrate, weaken, < e, out, + t-ir, man : 
see virile.'] To emasculate ; castrate. 
Origen and some others that voluntarily evirated them- 
selves. Bp. Hall, Christ. Moderation, { 4. 
eviratet (ev'i-rat), a. [= OF. evire, F. evire = lt. 
TiV<ifo,<L. eviratus, pp. : see the verb.] Emas- 
culated. 
A certain esquier or targuetier, borne a verie evirate 
eunuch, but such an expert and approved warriour, that 
he might be compared either with old Sicinlus or Sergius. 
Holland, tr. of Ammianus, p. 321. 
evirationt (ev-i-ra'shon), n. [= F. enration, 
< L. evirare, castrate: see evirate, p.] Castra- 
tion. 
eviscerate (e- vis 'e -rat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
rrixrerntnl, jipr. i-rim-crniing. [< L. evisceratus, 
pp. of eviscerare (> It. M "re = 
OF. eviscerer), disembowel, < e, out, -I- riscfra, 
bowels : see viscera.] 1 . To remove the viscera 
from ; take out the entrails of ; disembowel. 
