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counfel is to conclude by way of anfwer to the evi¬ 
dence given to the jury by the plaintiff’s; but he who 
.doth begin to maintain the iffue to be tried, ought to con¬ 
clude and fum up the evidence given, which is no more 
than to put the jury in mind how he hath proved his 
caufe. i IJll. 551. When a witnefs hath been fully ex¬ 
amined by the party producing him, and crofs-examined 
by counfel for the adverfe party, the court will fome- 
timesafk a quedipnof the witnefs, when the jury may put 
any que(lions they think proper to the judge, for him to put 
to the witnefs, after which counfel on either tide cannot afk 
a fingle queflion of the witnefs, without leave of the court: 
for here the evidence clofes in every legal point of view. 
To E'VIDENCE, v. a. To prove; to evince. If they 
be principles evident of themfelves, they need nothing 
to evidence them. Tillotfon. —To (hew ; to make difeovery 
of.—Although the fame truths be elicited and explicated 
by the contemplation of animals, yet they are more clearly 
evidenced in the contemplation of man. Hale. 
EVIDENT, adj. [French.] Plain; apparent; noto¬ 
rious.—It \s evident, in the general frame of nature, that 
things mod manifeft unto fenfe have proved obfeure unto 
the underdanding. Brown. 
E'VIDENTLY, adv. Apparently; certainly; undeni¬ 
ably : 
Laying their eggs, they evidently prove 
The genial pow’r and full effects of love. Prior. 
To EVI'GILATE, v'. a. [e, from, and vigilo, Lat. 
to watch.] To watch diligently, to dudy hard. Scott. 
E'VIL , adj. [ypel, Sax. euvel, Dut.] Having bad qua¬ 
lities of any kind; not good. — An evil difeafe cleaveth 
fad unto him ; and now that he lieth, he (hall rife up no 
more. Pfalms. —The good figs very good, and the evil 
very evil, that cannot be eaten they are fo evil. Jeremiah. 
—Wicked; bad; corrupt.—Is thine eye evil, becaufe I 
am good ? Matth. —The imagination of man’s heart is evil 
from his youth. Gen. —Unhappy; miferable; calamitous. 
-—All the days of the afflidted are evil. Prov. —Mifchiev- 
ous ; definitive; ravenous.—It Is my fon’s coat; an evil 
bead hath devoured him. Gen. 
E'VIL, f. [generally contracted fo ill. ] Wickednefs; 
a crime; injury; mifehief.—Whofo rewardeth evil for 
good, evil (hall not depart from his houfe. Prov. —Let 
thine enemies, and they that feek evil to my lord, be as 
Nabal. Samuel.— Malignity ; corruption.-—The heart of 
the fons of men is full of evil. Ecclef. —Misfortune; cala¬ 
mity.—-Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and 
fliall we not receive evil? Job. —A prudent manforefeeth 
the evil, and hideth himfelf. Proverbs. —If we will dand 
bungling at imaginary evils, let us never blame a horfe 
for darting at a (hadovv. VEJlrange. —Malady; difeafe: 
as, the king's evil. See Medicine. 
E'VIL, adv. [commonly contracted to ill .2 Not well 
in whatever refpedt: 
All, froward Clarence, evil it befeems thee, 
To flatter Henry, and forfake thy brother! Shakefpeare. 
Not well; not virtuoufly ; not innocently.—If I have 
fpoken evil, bear witnefs of the evil ; but if well, why 
fmited thou me ? John xviii. 22.—Not well; not happily ; 
not fortunately.—It went evil with his houfe. Dent. vii. 
23.—Injurioufly ; not kindly.-—The Egyptians evil en¬ 
treated us, and afflidted us. Dent.. —It is often ufed in 
compofition to give a bad meaning to a word ; but in 
this, as in all other cafes, it is in the modern dialed!: ge¬ 
nerally contracted to ill. 
EVIL-AFFEC'TED, adj. Not kind; not difpofed to 
kindnefs.—The unbelieving Jews dirred up the Gentiles, 
and made their minds evil-njJcEled againd the brethren. Ails. 
EVIL-DO'ER,yi Malefactor; one that commits crimes. 
.—Whereas they (peak evil againft you as evil-doers , they 
may by your good works glorify God. Peter. 
E'VIL-EYED, adj. Looking with an evil eye : 
Thou (halt not find me, daughter, 
After the (lander of mod dep-mothers, 
Evil-cy'd unto you. Shakefpeare . 
Vol. VII. No. 408, 
. EVIL-E A'VOURED, adj. Ill countenanced, having 
no good afpedt.—Machiavel well noteth, though in an 
evil-favoured indance, there is no trufiing to the force of 
nature, except it be corroborated by cudom. Bacon , 
EVIL-FA'VOUREDNESS,/ Deformity.—Thou (halt 
not facrifice unto the Lord any bullock, or (beep, wherein 
is blemifh, or any evil-favourednefs. Deut. 
E'VILLY, adv. Not well : 
This adt, fo evilly born, (hall cool the hearts 
Of all his people, and freeze up their zeal. Shakefpeare. 
E'VTL-MERODACM, [Hebrew, dignifying the fool 
of Merodach.] A man’s name. 
E'VIL-MERODACH, the fon and fucceflor of Nebu¬ 
chadnezzar the Great, king of Babylon, fucceeded to the 
crown in the year of the world 34.43; but governed the 
kingdom during the indifpofition of his father, who, after 
feven years, having recovered his underdanding, once 
more afeended the throne ; and, as fome believe, impri- 
foned his fon Evil-Merodach. In this confinement it is 
fuppofed that Evil-Merodach maintained a friend Hi i p with 
Jehoiachim king of Judah, who had been carried to Ba- 
bylon by Nebuchadnezzar. For foon after his fuccedion 
to the throne, he delivered the king of Judah out of pri- 
fon, after a confinement of thirty-feven years, heaped 
many favours on him, and placed him above all the other 
kings who were at the court of Babylon. 2 Kings xxv. 27, 
Jer. lii. 31. 
EVIL-MIN'DED, adj. Malicious; mifehievotts; ma¬ 
lignant ; wicked; infidious: 
But mod (he fear’d, that travelling fo late, 
Some evil-minded beads might lie in wait, 
And, without witnefs, wreak their hidden hate. Dryden. 
E'VILNESS, f. Contrariety to goodnefs ; badnefs of 
whatever kind.—The moral goodnefs and congruity, or 
evilnefs, unfitnefs, and itnfeafonablenefs, of moral or na¬ 
tural adtions, falls not within the verge of a brutal fa¬ 
culty. Hale. 
EVIL-SPE AK'ING,y. Slander; defamation ; calumny; 
cenforioufnefs.—Wherefore laying afide al! malice and 
all guile, and hypocrifies and envies, and all evil-fpeakings. 
Peter. 
EVIL-WISH'ING, adj. Wifhing evil to; having no 
good will.—They heard of this fudden going out, in a 
country full of evil-wijhing minds towards him. Sidney. 
EVIL-WORK'ER, J. One who does wickednefs.— 
Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers. Phil. 
TaEVIN'CE, v. a. [ evinco, Lat.] To prove; to (hew; 
to manifed ; to make evident.—The greater abfurdities 
are, the more drongly they evince the falfity of that fup- 
pofition from wlienee they flow. Atterbury. 
EVIN'CIBLE, adj. Capable of proof; demonftrable. 
—Implanted indindts in brutes are in themfelves highly 
reafonabie and ufeful to their ends, and evincible by true 
reafon to be fuel). Hale. 
EVIN'CIBLY, adv. In fuch a manner as to force con¬ 
viction. 
To E'VIRATE, v. a. \_eviratus, Lat.] To deprive of 
manhood; to emafculate. 
EVIR A'TION, f. A deprivation of manhood; emaf- 
culation. Scott. • 
To EVIS'CERATE, v. a. \e.vifcero, Lat.] To embowel; 
to draw ; to deprive of the entrails; to fearch within the 
entrails. 
E'VITABLE, adj. [_evitabilis, I.at.] Avoidable; that 
may be efcaped or (Ii’unned..—Of divers tilings evil, all 
being not evitable, we take one ; which one, facing only 
in cafe of fo great urgency, were not otherwife to be 
taken. Hooker. 
To E'VITATE, v.a. \_cvito , Lat.] To avoid; to fhun; 
to efcape : 
Therein (lie doth evitate and flnin 
A thoufand irreligious curled hours. 
Which forced marriage would have brought upon her. 
Shakefpeare. 
EVITA'TION, f. The adt of avoiding,—In all bodies 
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