British popular 
<ll\ 
evolutionism 
eolo^y '. nut, more 01 I. - \:e.'iiely, if in 
SIHe<ll\ present ill the mllllls of most ^col...;i-t-. 
, l.a\ s, nil. .MS, p. ->f.!. 
Those wlici Hud most satisfaction in insisting n| ..... to 
liitiniiixin as a tinalil) lire thM' uh.., unlike positivists. 
need a .Tec. I. fi. S. llfi!{. (iennali Culture. p. Isll. 
The eon text shoWH that iinifoniiituriiiMisuii" here in. -ins 
Hi. n cliii-tnin-. as liniiti'il in ,i|.|.li. .iii.ni liy Unit. .n an. I 
Lyell. an. I thai what I in. 'an ).y - ii.intionisiil in consist, u! 
ami tli.irunullKoliiK iinil..riiiitai ianisin. 
Iliitlrti. in Nineteenth Century. XXI. 486, note. 
evolutionist (pv-o-lu'shon-ist ). n. and a. [<et'o- 
/I/IIIHI + -i.it. ] I. ti. 1. Otic skilled in evolu- 
tions. specifically in military evolutions. 2. 
A believer in the biological or cosmological 
doctrine of evolution. 
II. ii. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of 
evolution ; based upon or believing in the doc- 
trine of evolution. 
Theories that are evotutfimint in tin 1 more special "dy- 
nainical " sense, such as that of Leibniz, . . introduce the 
conception of an end towards which the evolution of the 
world is the necessary movement. 
T. WhMaker, Mind, XII. 105. 
Now, the great impression produced hy Darwin's spec- 
ulations and th<- prevalence of the evolutionist philosophy 
have pro.lnec.l a loaning in the other direction. 
Dan-son, Origin of World, p. 838. 
evolutionistic (ev-o-lu-shon-is'tik), a. [< evo- 
lutionist + -ic.] Same as evolutionist. 
Nor do I consider it fair for Mr. Romanes to infer that 
isolation, Ac., do not explain the cause of variation, and 
therefore that they fail as evolulionigtic agents. 
Nature, XXXIII. 12s. 
evolutive (ev'o-lu-tiv), a. [< evolute + -ive.] 
Of, pertaining 'to, or causing evolution or de- 
velopment ; evolutionary. 
Our question Supernormal or abnormal? may then 
be phrased, Evolutive or dissolutlve? 
Proa. Sue. Psych. Research, III. 31. 
The written sign of the idea came Into the evolutive 
history of man much later [than the spoken form), just 
as we observe in childhood. 
Tr. in Alien, and Neural., VIII. 21i 
evolvable (e-vol'va-bl), a. [< evolve + -able.] 
Capable of being drawn or developed. 
The vertical and horizontal forces are connected by in- 
termediary diagonal forces into which they are converti- 
ble, and from which they are evolvable. 
The Eiifrineer, LXV. 43S. 
evolve (e-volv'), 0. ; pret. and pp. evolved, ppr. 
cm/ring. [X L. evolvere, roll out, unroll, unfold, 
disclose, < e, out, + volvere, roll : see volve, volu- 
ble, volute, and cf. convolve, devolve, involve, re- 
volve.] I. trans. 1. To unfold; open and ex- 
pand. 
The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and 
extent than the human soul. Hate. 
2. To unfold or develop by a process of nat- 
ural, consecutive, or logical growth from, or as 
if from, a germ, latent state, or plan. 
Animals that an- butlittle evolred perform actions which, 
besides being slow, are few in kind and severally uniform 
in composition. U. Spencer, Priu. of Psychol., 5. 
In every living creature we may feel assured that a host 
of long-lost characters lie ready to be evolved under proper 
conditions. Danein, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 360. 
3. To unfold by elaboration ; work out ; bring 
forth or make manifest by action of any kind : 
as, to evolve a drama from an anecdote ; to evolve 
the truth from a mass of confused evidence ; to 
evolve bad odors by stirring a muck-heap. 
Only see one purjxwe and one will 
Evolve themselves i' the world, change wrong to right. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 329. 
It [the Scottish school) strove for the first time toevolve 
a system out of the manifold complications of nature. 
Geilne, Geol. Sketches, li. SO. 
II. intratts. To open or disclose itself; be- 
come developed. 
Here, then, are sundry experiences, eventually grouped 
into empirical ijein iali/ali..ns, which serve to guide con- 
duct in certain simple cases. Ho\\ does mechanical gci- 
nOe , r.'/n t'roni tiles,- expelicllc.^ ' 
//. .S'/.|IC,T. Data of Ethics, 104. 
evolvement (o-volv'ment), n. Theact of evolv- 
ing, or the state of being evolved; evolution. 
l-'l I-I/IIXOII. 
evolvent (e-vol'veut), n. [< L. evolven(t-)a, 
p]ir. of i rnlri'ir : see evolve.] In genm., a curve 
considered :is correlative to its evolute; an in- 
volute. 
evolver (p-vol'ver), . One who or that which 
evolves or unfolds. 
i'.\olutii>n implies an evolver. 
/:. /). (.,,.,. (irii;in of the Fittest, p. 309. 
Evolvulus (e-vol'vu-lns), H. [NL., < L. crol- 
i-i re, unroll: see crolve. Cf. Conmlriilus, < L. 
I'litirolrrrc.] A genus of low herbaceous or suf- 
frutoscent plants, of the natural order ('nnrt>i- 
nihtcctr, including about ''" species, natives of 
warm countries, and chietly American. They 
have small fimnel-shapc.1 flowers and do not twine. There 
204T. 
an half 11 dozen species in the southern portion, of the 
I lilted States. 
evomitt (e-vom'it), v. t. [Early mod. K. rrinm-t : 
< L. i-riiiiiitiix, pp. of vromiri; spew out, vomit 
forth, < e, out, 4- vomere, vomit: see vomit.] To 
vomit ; spew out. 
These hath he not yet all, as viisaucryc morsels, evoin- 
.'../ i..r Christ. diltln.Cnb'f rather wyth Aristotle than with 
Paule in hys dayly disputations. 
'/;/.. /;/', Image of the Two Churches, 11., Pref. 
evomitationt (e-vom-i-ta'shqn), n. [< evomit 
+ -ation. Cf. evomition.] S"ame as evomilion. 
He was to ... receive Immediate lienent, either by eruc- 
tation, or cxiiiration.or evomitation [In some editions rr,,. 
Sipift, Tale of a Tub, Iv. 
evomitiont (e-vo-mish'on), n. [After L. vomi- 
/(-),< L. evomitus, pp.'of evornere : see evomit.] 
The act of vomiting. 
evoryet, . An obsolete form of ivory. Weber. 
Evotomys (e-vot'o-mis), n. [NL. (Coues, 1874), 
< Gr. eii, well, 4- off (arof), ear, 4- ftiif, a mouse.] 
A genus of myomorphic rodents, of the family 
Muridai and subfamily Arvicolince, containing 
voles with semirooted molar teeth, ears dis- 
Rcd-backed Meat 
myj rutilus . 
tinctly overtopping the fur (whence the name), 
and sundry cranial characters, particularly of 
the palate. The type is E. rutilut, the northern red- 
backed meadow-mouse, a circumpolar species of which 
there are several varieties, as E. gapperi of the United 
States. 
evourt, An obsolete form of ivory. Lydgate. 
And the gates of the palace ware of eeour, wonder whltt, 
and the bandez of thame and the legges of ebene. 
MS. Lincoln, A. I. 17, fol. 25. (Halliwell.) 
evovse (e-vo've), . [A mnemonic word made 
up of the vowels of seculorum amen, the last 
two words of the Gloria Patri.] In Gregorian 
music, the trope or concluding formula, vary- 
ing according to the mode used, at the end of 
the melody for the Less Doxology ; also, any 
trope. Also euouce, 
evulgatet (f-vul'gat), v. t. [< L. erulgatus, pp. 
of evulgare, make public : eeeevulge.] To pub- 
lish. Todd. 
evulgationt (e-vul-ga'shon), n. A divulging or 
publishing. Bailey, 1727. 
evulget (e-vulj'), r. t. [< L. evulgare, make pub- 
lic, < e, out, + valgare, volgare, make public : 
see vulgate. Cf. divulge.] To publish. Davies. 
I made this recueil meerly for mine awn entertainment, 
and not with any intention to evultje it. 
/'re/, to Annot. on Sir T. Broirne'n RfUyio Medici. 
evulsion (e-vul'shon), . [= F. evulsion = Pg. 
evulsSo, < L. ei'iilsio(n-), < ei-ulsus, pp. of evel- 
lere, pull or pluck out, < e, out, + vellere, pluck. 
Cf. avulsion, convulsion.] The act of plucking 
or pulling out by force ; forcible extraction, as 
of teeth. [Bare.] 
ewt, n. A Middle English spelling of yew. 
ewaget, [ME. , < OF. ewage, evage, of the color 
of water (applied to precious stones), also, with 
additional forms euwaae, eauage, aigage, living 
in or by the water, filled with water, watery, 
pluvious, < L. aquaticus, pertaining to water, 
livingin or by the water: see aquatic and ewe^.] 
Some precious stone having the color of water; 
a beryl. 
Kciislich hir fyngrefi were fretted with golde wyre, 
\nil there on red runyes as red as any glede, 
\i\'\ <lianiaiitz of derrest pris and double manere safferes, 
Orientates and firaijes enuenymes to destroye. 
I'i'r* Plowman (B), ii. 14. 
ewe 1 (u), H. [Early mod. E. also yewe, E. dial. 
yw ; < ME. etce, dial. <iire, outre, etc., < AS. 
eowu, rarely written etce (fern., rarely with masc. 
pen., rtiirex, i-irrx) = D. ooi = LG. ouwe, oye = 
OFries. < i. 1 1/, Fries. >-i. <//. liji; iij, oe, etc., = 
OHG. <//, tin, ouwi, MHG. outre = Icel. cer, a 
ewe, = Goth, "inri, a stieep, in deriv. awethi (= 
AS. ,n,ml, . <,.(/(, rinnl), a tlock of sheep, nir- 
i.iti: a sheepfold; OBulg. (prop, dim.) ovitea = 
Bulg. Serv. ortsa = Bohem. orce = Pol. ou-ca = 
li'uss. wtiHi = Lith. ir/,i. airinng (> Finn, oiim*) 
= OPruss. airi'iis = L. orix (> tilt. E. orine) = 
Gr. 6if (*oFif), a sheep, = Skt. m-i. a sheep.] A 
female sheep; the feviale of nn ovine animal. 
ewle 
The ru-r that will not hear her lamb nh.n ii ],: will 
ne\ er answer a calf when he bleats. 
SA*., Much Ado, ill. :t. 
\ press 
i if snowy shoulders, thick as herded eu-et. 
Tennyson, 1'rinceis, Iv. 
ewe-t, a- [ME., < AF. etce, OF. eire, euwe, etc., 
euve, eve, eive, aive, eave, eauve, etv.,aigue, aige, 
auge, etc. (in many variant forms), F. eau = Pr. 
aigua, aiga = 8p. Pg. agua = OK. aigua, It. 
acqua, < L. aqua (= Goth, ahwa = AS. ed, etc.), 
water: see aqua. Hence ewage, ewer 1 , ewer*, 
i in r i/.] Water. 
Ac water Is kendellche cheld Inaturally chilled), 
Thagli hit tie wormd of fere [flre] ; 
ih. r (ore me mey crlstln ther-inne, 
In limit time falthe a yere of yse ; 
So mey me naught in fire ardaunt, 
That neth no wateris wyse. 
William de Shoreham (Wright). 
ewe-cheese (u'chez), n. Cheese made from 
the milk of ewes. 
ewe-gowant, The common daisy. Brock- 
>'ft. 
ewe-lease (u'les) ? . A high grassy and furzy 
down, or comb, in the south of England. T. 
Hardy. 
ewe-neck (u'nek), . A thin hollow neck: used 
of horses. 
The animal he bestrode was a broken-down plough- 
horse, . . . gaunt and shagged, with a ewe-neck, and a bead 
like a hammer. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 436. 
ewe-necked (u'nekt), a. Having a thin, hol- 
low neck like a ewe's, as a horse. 
ewerH (u'er), . [< ME. ewer, ewere, eware, 
euicere, < AF. ewer, ewere, OF. etrer, "eweire, 
aiguier, a water-bearer (= Sp. Acuario = Pg. 
It. Aquario, the Water-bearer, Aquarius), < L. 
aquarius, m. (ML. also aquaria, f.), a water- 
bearer, the Water-bearer, Aquarius, prop. adj. 
(> OF. aiguier, adj.), of or pertaining to water, 
< aqua, water: see Aquarius, aqua, and ewe 2 , and 
cf. ewer 2 . Hence the surname Ewer.] A water- 
bearer ; a servant or household officer who sup- 
plied guests at the table with water to wash 
their hands, etc. 
An ewcere in halle there nedys to be, 
And chandelew schalle liaue and alle napere ; 
He schalle gef water to gentilmen. 
Babeei Boole (E. E. T. S.), p. 321. 
ewer 2 (u'er), n. [< ME. ewer, ewere, eware, < AF. 
ewer, OF. ewaire, eweire, aiguiere, ayguiere, F. 
aiguiere, t., < ML. aquaria, f., a water-pitcher, 
ewer; cf. OF. aiver, yauver, aiguier, aighier, 
ayguicr, a water-pitcher (also, with the addi- 
tional forms euwier, evier, F. evier. a sink for 
water, = It. acquajo, a cistern, conduit, gutter, 
sewer), < L. aquarium, a watering-place for 
cattle, ML. also a conduit (and prob. also a 
water-pitcher); fern, and neut., respectively, of 
L. aqtiarius, of or pertaining to water, < aqua, 
water: see Aquarius, aqua, and cf. ewer^.] 1. 
rge water-pitcher with a wide spont, usually 
pled with a basin for purposes of ablution. 
A la 
coup 
oupe w a asn or purposes o auon. 
Set downe your basen and Eit-er before your soueralgnc, 
nd take the eirer in your hand, and gyue them water. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 68. 
First, as you know, my house within the city 
Is richly furnished with plate and gold ; 
Basins and eirers, to lave her dainty hands. 
Skak.,-T. of tin- s.. ii. 1. 
2. In decorative art, any vessel having a spout 
and handle, especially a tall and slender ves- 
sel with a foot or base. See aiguiere. 
ewer 3 (u'er), n. [E. dial., also tire, yure; a 
contr. of udder.] An udder, (rroge. [North. 
Eng.] 
ewery (u'er-i), .; pi. eweries (-iz). [Also 
etcry, early mod. E. ewerie, ewrie; < ME. ewery, 
ewrie, appar. < OF. "eieerie (not found), < ewere, 
a water-pitcher, eicer, a water-bearer : see eicer 1 , 
ewer 2 .] 1. An office in great houses where wa- 
ter was made ready in ewers for the service of 
guests, and where also the table-linen was kept. 
An office so called still exists in the royal house- 
hold of England. 
Cover thy ciippeborde of thy every with the towelle of 
diapery. Bahtr* Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 129. 
"No," says the King, "shew me y way, 111 go to Sir 
Richard's chamber," which he immediately did, walking 
along the entries after me ; as far as the tvrie, till he 
came up Into the roome where I also lay. 
Evelyn, Diary, March 1, 1671. 
2t. The scullery of a religious house. 
ewght, . An o'bsolete spelling of yeic. 
ewk (uk), v. i. [Sc., a var. of yitck, ult. < AS. 
iiifi-an = D.jeuken = G.judcen, itch: see itch.] 
To itch. 
ewky (u'ki), a. Itchy. [Scotch.] 
ewlet, a. An obsolete spelling of i/iilr. 
