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Euphonicon (�fŏnĭkŏn), n. [See .] (Mus.) A kind of upright piano.
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Euphonious (?), a. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. Hallam. -- Euphoniously, adv.
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Euphonism (?), n. An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
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Euphonium (?), n. [NL. See .] (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
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Euphonize (?), v. t. To make euphonic. [R.]
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Euphonon (?), n. [See .] (Mus.) An instrument resembling the organ in tone and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.
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Euphonous (?), n. Euphonious. [R.]
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Euphony (?), n.; pl. Euphonies (#). [L. euphonia, Gr. �, fr. � sweet-voiced; e'y^ well + � sound, voice; akin to � to speak: cf. F. euphonie.] A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.
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Euphorbia (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See .] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

{ Euphorbiaceous (?), Euphorbial (?), } a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.

{ Euphorbin, Euphorbine } (?), n. (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.
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Euphorbium (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. �; -- so called after Euphorbus, a Greek physician.] (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifera. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.
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euphoria adj. a strong pleasant feeling of well-being or happiness; it is often caused by attainment of a desired goal or other incident of accomplishment, but may irrationally accompany a pathological manic state.
Syn. -- elation, high.
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euphoriant a. inducing euporia.
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euphoriant n. a substance which may induce euporia.
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euphoric adj. strongly experiencing a feeling of well-being; feeling euphoria. Opposite of dysphoric. [Narrower terms: expansive]
Syn. -- elated, happy.
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Euphotide (?), n. [Gr. e'y^ well + �, �, light. So called because of its pleasing combination of white and green.] (Min.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.
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euphrasy (ūfrȧs�), n. [NL. euphrasia, fr. Gr. e'yfrasia delight, fr. e'yfrainein to delight; e'y^ well + frhn heart, mind: cf. LL. eufrasia, F. eufraise.] (Bot.) The plant eyebright (Euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
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Then purged with euphrasy and rue
The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton.
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Euphrates prop. n. an Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Syn. -- Euphrates River.
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euphroe (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] Knight.
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euphuism (ūf�ĭz'm), n. [Gr. e'yfyhs well grown, graceful; e'y^ well + fyh growth, fr. fyein to grow. This affected style of conversation and writing, fashionable for some time in the court of Elizabeth, had its origin from the fame of Lyly's books, “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit,” and “Euphues and his England.”] (Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
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Euphuist, n. One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
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Euphuistic (?), a. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.
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Euphuize (?), v. t. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.
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Eupione (?), n. [Gr. � very fat; e'y^ well + � fat.] (Chem.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]
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Eupittone (?), n. [Pref. eu- + pittacal + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid. [Written also eupitton.]
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Eupittonic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.
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Euplastic (?), a. [Pref. eu- + -plastic.] (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.
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Euplastic, n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
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Euplectella (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � well plaited; e'y^ well + � plaited.] (Zoöl) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.
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Euplexoptera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well + � to plait + � a wing.] (Zoöl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See .
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Eupnæa (?), n. [NL., fr. gr. � easy breathing; e'y^ well + � to breathe.] (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnæa, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. Foster.
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eupyrion (?), n. [Gr. e'y^ well + � fire.] A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneously, such as a lucifer match. [archaic] Brande & C.
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{ Eurafric (?), Eurafrican (?) }, a. [Europe + Afric, African.] 1. (Geog.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the continents of Europe and Africa combined.
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2. (Zoögeography) Pert. to or designating a region including most of Europe and northern Africa south to the Sahara.
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3. Of European and African descent.
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Eurasian (?), n. [European + Asian.] 1. A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.
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2. One born of European parents in Asia.
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Eurasian (?), a. Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.
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Eurasiatio (?), a. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.
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Eureka (?). [Gr. � I have found, perfect indicative of � to find.] The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out “Eureka! eureka!” (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.
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Eurhipidurous (?), a. [Gr. e'y^ well + � a fan + � a tail.] (Zoöl.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipiduræ, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.
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Euripize (?), v. t. [See .] To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]
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Euripus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; e'y^ well + � a rushing motion.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Eubœa and Bœotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.
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Eurite (ūrīt), n. [Cf. F. eurite.] (Min.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See .
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Euritic (?), a. Of or relating to eurite.
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Euroclydon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; � the southeast wind + � wave, billow; according to another reading, �, i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate Euro-aquilo.] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See .
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A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.
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European (?), prop. a. [L. europeaus, Gr. �, fr. Gr. � (L. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants.
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Coloq. On the European plan , having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]
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European, prop. n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe.
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Europeanization n. the process of becoming like the Europeans in manners or character; assimilation into European culture.
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Europeanize (?), v. t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
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A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized. Lubbock.
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Europium (?), n. [NL.; Europe + -ium, as in aluminium.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the rare-earth group (Lanthanide series), discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; atomic number 63; at. wt., 151.965 (C=12.011); valence = +2 or +3.
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Eurotiales n. an order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered into a hymenial layer.
Syn. -- order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales.
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Eurus (?), n. [L., gr. �.] The east wind.
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Euryale (?), n. [NL., fr. Euryale, one of the Gorgons.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (Euryale ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.
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2. (Zoöl) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.
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Euryalida (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See .
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Eurycerous (?), a. [Gr. � broad + keras horn.] (Zoöl.) Having broad horns.
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Eurypteroid (?), a. [Eurypterus + -oid.] (Paleon.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.
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Eurypteroidea (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Paleont.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]
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Eurypterus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � broad + � a wing.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.
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Eurythmy (?), n. [L. eurythmia, Gr. �; e'y^ well + � rhythm, measure, proportion, symmetry: cf. F. eurythmie.] 1. (Fine Arts) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.
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2. (Med.) Regularly of the pulse.
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Eusebian (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.
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Eustachian (?), a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter.
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Coloq. Eustachian catheter , a tubular instrument to be introduced into the Eustachian tube so as to allow of inflation of the middle ear through the nose or mouth. -- Coloq. Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See . -- Coloq. Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult.
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Eustyle (?), n. [Gr. �, neut. of � with pillars at the best distances; e'y^ well + � pillar: cf. F. eustyle.] (Arch.) See .
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Eutaxy (?), n. [Gr. �; e'y^ well + � arrangement: cf. F. eutaxie.] Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] E. Waterhouse.
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eutectic (ūtĕktĭk), a. [Gr. e'ythktos easily melted; e'y^ well + thkein to melt.] (Physics) Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.
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eutectic (ūtĕktĭk), n. a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture.
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Eutexia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a being easily melted.] (Physics) The principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
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Euterpe (?). [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. � delightful; e'y^ well + � to delight.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over music.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.
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Euterpean (?) a. Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.
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Euthanasia (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; e'y^ well + � death, �, �, to die: cf. F. euthanasie.] 1. An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. “An euthanasia of all thought.” Hazlitt.
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The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.

2. the act or process of putting to death for humane purposes; -- used to refer to the killing of animals in order to relieve or avoid pain.
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Euthanasy (?), n. Same as .
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Euthiochroic (?), a. [Gr. e'y^ well + � sulphur + � color.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called.
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Coloq. Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.
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Euthyneura (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � straight + � a nerve.] (Zoöl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.
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Eutrophy (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � nourishing, healthy; e'y^ well + � to nourish.] (Med.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
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Eutychian (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.
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Eutychianism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
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Euxanthic (?) a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.
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Coloq. Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin.
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Euxanthin (?), n. [Gr. e'y^ well + � yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
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Euxenite (?), n. [Gr. � hospitable. So named because it contains a number of rare elements.] (Min.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.
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Evacate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + vacate.] To empty. [Obs.] Harvey.
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Evacuant (?), a. [L.evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. évacuant.] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic.
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Evacuate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See .] 1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge.
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3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
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The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.
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5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Evacuate, v. i. 1. To let blood [Obs.] Burton.
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2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.
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evacuated adj. 1. p. p. of .
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2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; as, a highly evacuated glass tube.
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Evacuation (?), n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F. évacuation.] 1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. (b) (Med.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
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2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy.
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3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker.
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Coloq. Evacuation day , the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.
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Evacuative (?), a. [Cf. F. évacuatif.] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.
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Evacuator (?), n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. “Evacuators of the law.” Hammond.
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Evacuatory (?), n. A purgative.
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Evade (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'évader. See .] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
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The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.
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Evade, v. t. 1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. “Evading from perils.” Bacon.
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Unarmed they might
Have easily, as spirits evaded swift
By quick contraction or remove. Milton.
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2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
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The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these . . . ways. South.

Syn. -- To equivocate; shuffle. See .
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Evadible (?), a. Capable of being evaded. [R.]
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Evagation (?), n. [L. evagatio, fr. evagari to wander forth: cf. F. évagation. See .] A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.
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Evaginate (?), a. [L. evaginatus, p. p., unsheathed. See .] Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination{2}; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated; as, an evaginate membrane.
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Evaginate (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Evaginated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evaginating.] To become evaginate; to cause to be evaginate.
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Evagination (?), n. [L. evaginatio an extending, evaginare to unsheathe; e out + vagina sheath.] 1. The act of unsheathing.
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2. An outgrowth or protruded part.
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Eval (ēv�l), a. [L. aevum lifetime, age, eternity.] Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]
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