nomer that ever lived; and Petronius says, he spent the latter part of his life on the top of a high mountain, that he might contemplate the stars with more convenience. Strabo says, the remains of his observatory were to be seen at Cnidus in his time. He died in his fifty-third year. EVE, n. s. E'VEN, EV'ENING, Ev'ENING-STAR, EV'ENSONG, Sax. æpen; Dut. avend; Goth. ibn; all also denoting equal, evening being the equal division between light and darkness. Todd But EV'ENTIDE. Minsheu derives it from Heb. ay, to obscure; through Teut. abend, night, or Gr. a privative, and pair, to be light, to shine. Declining day; the close of the day; the obscure interval between light and darkness; the vigil, or preparatory fast before a church holiday. Evensong is a hymn for the evening: and hence the time itself when it was sung, or synonymous with eventide. And the day was the eeuen of the holiday: and the Sabboth began to schyne. Wiclif. Luk 24. hise disciplis Id. Jon. 6. And whanne eventide was comun went down to the see. Isaac went out to meditate at the eventide. He tuned his notes both evensong and morn. Id. When the sun's orb both even and morn is bright, Then let no fear of storms thy mind affright. May. It was the sacred rule among the Pythagoreans, that they should every evening thrice run over the actions and affairs of the day. Watts on the Mind. Winter, oft at eve, resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn. Thomson's Spring. But such self-inspection, however, should not fail to make part of our evening devotions. Mason. was a course of enquiry, study, curiosity, instruction, and benevolence. The works of the Creator, and the mimic labors of the creature, were all objects of his pursuit. He unfolded the perfections of the one, and assisted the imperfections of the other. He adored from examination; was a courtier that flattered only by informing his prince, and pointing out what was worthy of him to countenance. He was one of the first promoters of the Royal Society, a patron of the ingenious and indigent, and, besides his writings and discoveries, he obtained the Arundelian marbles for the University of Oxford, and the Arundelian library for the Royal Society. There are five small prints of his journey from Rome to Naples, drawn and etched by him; and among his published works are, 1. A Character of England; 2. The State of France; 3. An Essay on the First Book of Lucretius De rerum Natura; 4. The French Gardener; 5. A Panegyric on King Charlas II.'s Coronation; 6. Fumifugium, or the Inconveniences of the Air and Smoke of London Dissipated; 7. The History and Art of Engraving on Copper; 8. A Parallel between the Ancient Architecture and the Modern; 9. Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, and several others. He died in 1706. E'VEN, adj.. v. a. & v. n. E'VENER, n. s. Sax æpen; Goth. efn or ibn; Icel. iafn; Teut. eben; Belg. even, equal. See the foregoing word. Perhaps from Heb. 1; perpendicular, straight (Minsheu). Level, smooth, equal, uniform: very variously applied, as to equality of condition, temper, parts, or number of parts: the state of accounts between debtor and creditor, &c. To even, is to make equal to an evener, one that makes things or persons even. But thilke servaunt gede out, and fonde oon of his even servauntis that oughte him an hundrid peens, and he heelde him and stranglide him, &c. Wiclif. Matt. 18. And his evene servauntis seynge the thingis that weren don sorowden greetly. Id. Therefore the Jewis soughten more to sle him for not ooneli he brak the Saboth, but he seyde, that God was his fadir, and made him euene to God. Id. Jon. v. That the net way be even to the midst of the altar. Exodus. And shall lay thee even with the ground. Spenser. It is not much that the good man ventures; after this life, if there be no God, he is as well as the bad; but if there be a God, is infinitely better, even as much as unspeakable and eternal happiness is better than extreme and endless misery. Tillotson. The motions of all the lights of heaven might afford measures of time, if we could number them; but most of those motions are not evident, and the great lights are sufficient, and serve also to measure even the motions of those others. Holder. Nor death itself can wholly wash your stains, But long contracted filth even in the soul remains. The ether most readily yieldeth to the revolutions of the celestial bodies, and the making them with that evenness and celerity is requisit in them all. Grew's Cosmologia Sacra. Even reckoning makes lasting friends; and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South. I have made several discoveries which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. Addison's Spectator. The publick is always even with an author who has not a just deference for them: the contempt is reciprocal. Id. The present face of Rome is much more even and jevel than it was formerly. ld. On Italy. Lay the rough paths of peevish nature even, And open in each heart a little heaven. Prior. Since you refined the notion, and corrected the Collier. malignity, I shall e'en let it pass. The superficies of such plates are not even, but have many cavities and swellings, which, how shallow soever, do a little vary the thickness of the plate. Newton's Opticks. In change of torment would be ease : Even you, Prometheus, would confess There is no vulture like despair. Granville. Though he appeared to relish these blessings as much as any man, yet he bore the less of them, when it happened, with great composure and evenness of mind. Atterbury. He might even as well have employed his time, as some princes have done, in catching moles. Id. The true reason of this strange doctrine was to be even with the magistrate, who was against them; and Id. they resolved at any rate to be against him. In an infinite chaos nothing could be formed; no particles could convene by mutual attraction; for every one there must have infinite matter around it, and therefore must rest for ever, being evenly balanced between infinite attractions. Bentley. Here all their rage, and even their murmurs cease, And sacred silence reigns, and universal peace. Pope. Desires composed, affections ever gren, Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to heaven. Id. Books give the same turn to our thoughts that company does to our conversation, without loading our memories, or making us even sensible of the change. Swift. To appear wise nothing more is requisite here, than for a man to borrow hair from the heads of all his neighbours, and clap it like a bush on his own: the distributors of law and physic stick on such quantities, that it is almost impossible even in idea to distinguish between the head and hair. Goldsmith. The commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome! And even since, and now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all art yields, and nature can decree; EVENT', n. s. Fr. evenement; Italian EVENTFUL, adj. evenimento; Lat. eventus, EVENT'UAL, from evenio to happen, EVENTUALLY, adv.à e forth and venio, to come. An incident or occurrence of whatever nature; any thing that proceeds regularly from its causes or beginning: thus eventual and eventually mean ultimate and ultimately, consequential, and in the last result: eventful is full of incidents or changes of affairs. EV'ER, adv. EV'ER-BURNING, EVERGREEN, adj. & n. s. EV'ER-WATCHFUL, EV'ER-YOUNG. Sax. ærne; Goth. ave, from always, and vera,tobe; Teut. evig, a corrup tion, says Minsheu, of Latin avum, eternity. See ETERNITY. At one time, at any time, at all times; hence, in any degree: always, endlessly. As an expletive it em phatically expresses both the time immediately ever and ever,' is for, or unto, eternity. The com- There is one event to the righteous and to the and he shall serve him for ever. wicked. Oh heavy times, begetting such events! Last scene of all, Eccl. Shakspeare I left you fretful and passionate-an untoward accident drew me into a quarrel-the event is, that I must fly this kingdom instantly. Sheridan. EVENTERATE, v. a. Lat. eventero. Το rip; to open by ripping the belly. In a bear, which the hunters eventerated, or opened, I beheld the young ones, with all their parts distinct. Browne. EVENTILATE, v. a. Į Lat. eventilo, e and EVENTILATION, n. s. ventilo, to blow; to winnow by aid of the wind; to ventilate. It (the vital flame) requires constant eventilation through the trachea and pores of the body. Bishop Berkeley. But hou manye euer resceyden him he gaf to bem power to be maad the sones of God, to hem that beleueden in his name. Wichf Jon. 1. And we witen, that if oure ertheli hous of this Trust shall I God, to entre in a while. Sir T. More. So long as Guyon with her communed, His tail was stretched out in wonderous length, But sith now safe ye siezed have the shore, Id. I'll hate him everlastingly, That bids me be of comfort any more. Id. Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heavens, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the everduring glory and termless joy. Raleigh. God's justice in the one, and his goodness in the other, is exercised for evermore, as the everliving sutjects of his reward and punishment. Id. You serve a master who is as free from the envy friends, as ever any king was. Bacon. Sparks by nature evermore aspire, Davies. Nothing could make me sooner to confess, That this world had an everlastingness, Than to consider that a year is run of L'Estrange. By repeating any idea of any length of time, as of a minute, a year, or an age, as often as we will in our own thoughts, and adding them to one another, without ever coming to the end of such addition, we come by the idea of eternity. Locke. It suffices to the unity of any idea, that it be considered as one representation or picture, though made Id. up of ever so many particulars. Men are like a company of poor insects, whereof some are bees, delighted with flowers and their sweetness; others beotes, delighted with other kinds of viands; which, having enjoyed for a season, they cease to be, and exist no more for ever. Id. Ever since that time Lisander has been at the house. Tatler. The title of duke had been sunk in the family ever since the attainder of the great duke of Suffolk. Addison on Italy. I find you are against filling an English garden with evergreens. Id. Spectator. As soon as ever the bird is dead, Opening again, he lays his claim To half the profit, half the fame. Prior. For a mine undiscovered, neither the owner of the ground or any body else are ever the richer. Collier. The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect Newton. of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a pow- Immortal Vida! on whose honoured brow Pope. Id. Forsaking Sheria's everpleasing shore, The winds to Marathon the virgin bore. Placed at the helm he sat, and marked the skies Nor closed in sleep his everwatchful eyes. Mentes, an everhonoured name, of old High in Ulysses' social list enrolled. Id. Id. Id. Id. Odyssey. Id. Joys everyoung, unmixed with pain or fear, Fill the wide circle of the eternal year. Many have made themselves everlastingly ridiculous. Swift which shed their leaves; and it is, perhaps, principally owing to this close covering, that they retain their verdure, and continue through the winter on the trees. The nutritive juices of these plants always abound, more or less, with an oily quality, which secures them from being injured by severe frost; so that many evergreens grow in the coldest parts of the habitable world. EVERLASTING PEA. See LATHYRUS. EUERGETES, Gr. Eveрyerns, i.e. a bene factor, a surname given to Philip III. of Mace donia, Antigonus Doson, and Ptolemy III. of Egypt. It was also assumed by the monster Ptolemy Physcon, as well as by some of the kings of Syria and Pontus, particularly Alexander Balas and Mithridates. Some of the Roman emperors also claimed this epithet, though most of them rather merited that of κακοεργέτης, malefactor. EVERO, the name of a mountain of South America, in Peru, and of a late village near it. During the great earthquake in February 1797 (see PERU) the mountain fell on the village, and totally overwhelmed it, without leaving a single soul alive. The foundation of this principle is totally eversed by the ingenious commentator upon immaterial beings. Glanville. A process is valid, if the jurisdiction of the judge is not yet everted and overthrown. And so whanne thei weren come, Ayliffe. that camen aboute the elleventhe hour also thei token everich of hem a Wiclif. Matt. 20. peny. All the congregation are holy, every one of them. EVERGREENS are a species of perennials, such EV'ERY, adj. Dr. Johnson says anas hollies, phillyreas, laurustinuses, bays, pines, EV'ERY-DAY, adj. ciently everich or ever each; firs, cedars of Lebanon, &c. They preserve EV'ERYWHERE, but Mr. Thomson derives their old leaves a long time after the formation it from Goth. a one, and vera to be; the first of the new, and do not drop them at any deter- meaning of the word being each. Everich' and minate time. In general, the leaves of ever-every che,' however, abound in our early writers. greens are harder, and less succulent, than those See the examples. Each one of two or more; which are renewed annually. The trees are ge- every day is common to all days; every where nerally natives of warm climates; as the alater- in all places, in each place. nuses of France and Italy, the evergreen oak of Portugal and Suabia, &c. Some herbaceous perennials, as the house-leeks and navel-worts, enjoy the same privilege with the evergreen trees, and resist the severities of winter; some can even exist out of the earth for some time; being replete with juices, which the leaves imbibe from the humidity of the atmosphere, and, which, in such plants, are of themselves sufficient for effecting the purposes of vegetation. For this reason, unless in excessive hot weather, gardeners seldom water fat succulent plants, as the aloes, which rot when they are moistened, if the sun does not quickly dry them. The leaves of all the evergreen shrubs and trees have a thin compact skin over their surface, as is easily discovered by macerating them in water, to separate the parenchyma, or pulp, from the vessels of the leaves; which cannot be effected in any of these evergreens till a thin parchment-like cover is taken off. They are found by experiment to perspire but little, when compared with those If that you liketh, take it for the beste, Chaucer. Cant. Tales. Nathelesse handes of some men hadden kerve that clothe, by violence or by strength, and everiche manne of 'hem had borne awaie soche peces, as he might getten. Colevile. He proposeth unto God their necessities, and they their own requests for relief in every of them. Hooker. The substance of the body of Christ was not everywhere seen, nor did it every-where suffer death; everywhere it could not be entombed: it is not every-where now, being exalted into heaven. Id. The king made this ordinance, that every twelve years there should be set forth two ships. Bacon. |