Vocabulary : Eve to Evenhanded
Eve : Evening. ;; The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.Evectics : The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.
Evection : The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. ;; An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1 20'. ;; The libration of the moon.
Even : Evening. See Eve, n. 1. ;; Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct. ;; Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper. ;; Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. ;; Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain. ;; Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. ;; Associate; fellow; of the same condition. ;; Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. ;; To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. ;; To equal ;; To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits. ;; To set right; to complete. ;; To act up to; to keep pace with.
Evene : To happen.
