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n. [ OF. agrevance, fr. agrever. See Aggrieve. ] Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chevance property, equiv. To chevisance, fr. chevir to accomplish. See Chevisance. ] An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., hitherto, formerly. ] Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. dēvanāgarī; dēva god + nagara city, i. e., divine city. ] The script or characters in which Sanskrit and Hindi are written. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Evanesced p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. ] [ L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish. ] To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plans or hopes. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere. ] 1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. [ 1913 Webster ]

So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

The difference between right and wrong, in some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a vanishing manner; imperceptibly. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. évangile, L. evangelium, Gr. e'yagge`lion good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. e'ya`ggelos bringing good news; e'y^ well + 'a`ggelein to bear a message. See Eu-, and Angel and cf. Evangely. ] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendering thanks for favors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. evangelicus, Gr. e'yaggeliko`s: cf. F. évangélique. See Evangel. ] Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical. “Evangelic truth.” J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of “Justification by Faith alone;” the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause. [ PJC ]

5. Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8. [ PJC ]

Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845. --
Evangelical Church. (a) The Protestant Church in Germany. (b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817. --
Evangelical Union, a religious sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of evangelical principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an evangelical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being evangelical. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Evangelical principles; evangelism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evangelicism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. Same as evangelize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. évangéliste, L. evangelista, fr. Gr. e'yaggelisth`s. ] A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specifically: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the title though there were many evangelists who were not Apostles. Plumptre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. evangelistarium. ] A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service. Porson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized. [ 1913 Webster ]

The work of Christ's ministers is evangelization. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To preach the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. evangelized p. pr. & vb. n. evangelizing . [ F. évangélisre, LL. evangelizare, fr. Gr. e'yaggeli`zesqai. ] 1. To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

His apostles whom he sends
To evangelize the nations. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: [ metaphorical ] To preach and attempt to convert (people) to one's firmly held belief. [ PJC ]

n. Evangel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacred pledge of Christ's evangely. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. évangile. See Evangel. ] Good tidings; evangel. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. evanidus, fr. evanescere. See Evanesce. ] Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They are very transitory and evanid. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. e- + vanish: cf. L. evanescere. See Evanesce, vanish. ] To vanish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or like the rainbow's lovely form,
Evanishing amid the storm. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vanishing; disappearance. [ R. ] T. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Geneva. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A supported of Genevanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Geneva, where Calvin resided. ] Strict Calvinism. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. grevance. See Grieve, v. t. ] 1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grieving; grief; affliction. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked. Milton.

Syn. -- Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers. Fuller.

‖n. [ L., fr. levare to raise. ] (Rom. Myth.) A goddess who protected newborn infants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of lever to raise. ] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever. ] 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A levanter (the wind so called). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eastern. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another. ] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [ Colloq. Eng. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Levant, v. ] One who levants, or decamps. [ Colloq. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Levant, n. ] A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean. W. H. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. levantin, or It. levantino. See Levant, n. ] Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Levant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. levantine, or It. levantina. ] A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pike point (fr. F. pique) + F. devant before. ] A pointed beard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve. ] 1. Relieving; lending aid or support. [ R. ] Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Close and relevant arguments have very little hold on the passions. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) Sufficient to support the cause. [ 1913 Webster ]