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EVE 
E'VENTIDE,yi The time of evening.—Ifaac went 
out to meditate at the eventide. Gen. xxiv. 6 j. 
EVE'NT , f. \_eventus, Lat.] An incident; any thing 
that happens, good or bad.—There is one event to the 
righteous and to the wicked. Eccl. —Oh heavy times, be¬ 
getting fuch events! Shakefpeare .—The confequence of an 
action; the conclufion ; theupfhot: 
Two fpears from Meleager’s hand were fent, 
With equal Force, but various in th’ event ; 
The firft was fix’d on earth, the fecond ftood 
On the boar’s briftled back, and deeply drank his blood. 
Dry den. 
To EVE'NT, v. n. [ evenio , Lat.] To come forth : 
O that thou faw’ft my heart, or didft behold 
The place, from whence that fcalding figh evented. 
B. Jonfon's Cafe is altered. 
To EVEN'TER ATE, v. a. [ eventero , Lat.] To rip up; 
to open by ripping the belly.—In a bear, which the 
hunters eventerated, or opened, I beheld the young ones, 
with all their parts diftindt. Brown. 
EVENT'FUL, adj. Full of incidents; full of changes 
of fortune : 
Laft feene of all, 
That ends this firange eventful hiftory, 
Is fecond childifhnefs. Shakefpeare. 
To EVEN'TILATE, v.n. [ eventilo,TuiX .] To winnow; 
to fift out. To examine ; to difeufs. 
EVEN'TUAL, adj. Happening in confequence of any 
thing; confequential. 
EVEN'TUALLY, adv. In the event; in the laft re- 
fult; in the confequence.—Hermione has but intention¬ 
ally, not eventually , difobliged you ; and hath made your 
flame a better return, by reftoring you your own heart. 
Boyle. 
EVE'NUS, an elegiac poet of Paros.—A river of Sta¬ 
dia flowing into the Ionian fea. It receives its name 
from Evenus, fon of Mars and Sterope, who being un¬ 
able to overcome Idas, who had promifed him his daugh¬ 
ter Marpefia in marriage, if he furpafled him in running, 
grew fo defperate that he threw himfelf into the river, 
which afterwards bore his name. Ovid. 
EVEPHE'NUS, a Pythagorean philofopher, whom 
Dionyfius condemned to death becaufe he had alienated 
the people of Metapontum from his power. The philo¬ 
fopher begged leave of the tyrant to go and marry his 
lifter, and promifed to return in fix months. Dionyfius 
confented by receiving Eucritus, who pledged himfelf to 
die if Evephenus did not return in time. Evephenus 
returned at the appointed moment, to the aftonilhment of 
Dionyfius, and delivered his friend Eucritus from the 
death which threatened him. The tyrant was fo pleafed 
with thefe two friends, that he pardoned Evephenus, and 
begged to ftiare their friendfhip and confidence. Polyanus. 
E'VER, adv. [oeppe, Sax.] At any time.—The mod 
fenfual man that ever was in the world, never felt fo deli¬ 
cious a pleafure as a clear confcience. Tillotfcn .—At all 
times; always; without end.—God hath had ever, and 
ever fhall have, fome church vifible upon the earth. 
Hooker. 
Riches endlefs is as poor as winter, 
To him that ever fears he fhall be poor. Shakefpeare. 
For ever. Eternally ; to perpetuity.—Men are like a 
company of poor infects, whereof fome are bees, delighted 
with flowers and their fweetnefs ; others beetles, de¬ 
lighted with other kinds of viands j which, having en¬ 
joyed for a feafon, they ceafe to be, and exift no more for 
ever. Locke. —It is fometimes reduplicated.— For ever and 
for ever, farewell, Caffius. Skakfpeare. 
The meeting points the fatal lock diftever 
From the fair head for ever and for ever. Pope. 
At one time, as ever and anon ; that is, at one time and 
another; now and then s 
EVE 
So long as Guyort with her communed, 
Unto the ground ftie caft her modeft eye; 
And ever and anon, with rofy red. 
The bafhful blood her fnowy cheeks did dye. Spenfer .- 
In any degree.—Let no man fear that harmful creature 
ever the lefs, becaufe he fees the apoftle fafe from that 
poifon. Hall. 
There mull be fomewhere fuch a rank as man; 
And all the queftion, wrangle e'er fo long. 
Is only this ; If God has plac’d him wrong f Pope. 
A word of enforcement, or aggravation. As foon as ever 
he had done it ; that is, immediately after he had done it. 
In this fenfe it is fcarcely ufed but in familiar language.— 
They brake all their bones in pieces, or ever they came at 
the bottom of the den. Dan. iv. 24.— That purfe in your 
hand has a twin brother, is as like him as ever he can 
look. Drydcn. 
Ever a. Any: [as every; that is, evejt ichor ever each 
is each one, all.] This word is ftill retained in the Scot- 
tifh dialedt.—I love thee better than I love e'er a feurvy 
young boy of them all. Shakefpeare. —It is much ufed in 
compofition in the fenfe of always ; as, evergreen, green 
throughout the year ; everduring, enduring without end. 
It is added almoft arbitrarily to neutral participles and 
adje£tives, and will be fufliciently explained by the fol¬ 
lowing inftances: 
EV'ERARD, [Gopoji, a boar, and pajrb, Sax. a keep¬ 
er; or, of ever, Eng. and ape, Sax. honour; q.d» one 
always much honoured.] A proper name for men. 
E'VERBODE, a town of Brabant: five miles north 
of Died. 
EVERBUB'BLING, adj. Boiling up with perpetual 
murmurs: 
Panting murmurs, ftill’d out of her breaft. 
That everbubbling fpring. Crafiaze. 
EVERBURN'ING, adj. Unextinguifhed: 
Torture without end 
Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed 
With everburning fulphur unconfum’d? Milton. 
EVERDIN'GEN, a town of the United Dutch States,, 
in Guelderland : three miles weft of Citlemburg. 
EVERDU'RING, adj. Eternal ; enduring without 
end.—Our fouls, piercing through the impurity of flefh, 
behold the higheft heavens, and thence bring knowledge 
to contemplate the everduring gl.ory and termlefs joy. Ra¬ 
leigh. 
Heav’n open’d wide 
Her everduring gates, harmonious found ! 
On golden hinges moving. Milton. 
EVERGE'TES, a furname fignifying benefactor , given 
to king Philip of Macedon, to Antigonus Dofon, and 
Ptolemy of Egypt. It was alfo commonly given to the 
kings of Syria and Pontus. 
E'VERGREEN, adj. Verdant throughout the year.— 
The juice, when in greater plenty than can be exhaled by 
the fun, renders the plant evergreen. Arbutknot. 
There will I build him 
A monument, and plant it round with ftiade 
Of laurel, evergreen , and branching palm. Milton. 
E'VERGREEN, f. A plant that retains its verdure 
through all the feafons.—I find you are againft filling an 
Englifli garden with evergreens. Addifon. 
E'VER GREEN-THORN, f. in botany. See Mes- 
PILUS PYRACANTHA. 
EVERHO'NOURED, adj. Always held in honour or 
efteem : 
Mentes, an everkonour'd name, of old 
High in Ulyfles’ focial lift enroll’d. Pope. 
EVERLAST'ING, adj. Lafting or enduring without 
end; perpetual; immortal; eternal; 
And 
