Defn: The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an
argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of
eluding.
Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton.
Syn.
— Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.
EVASIVE
E*va"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. évasif. See Evade.]
Defn: Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice. Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope. Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay. — E*va"sive*ly , adv. — E*va"sive*ness, n.
EVE
Eve, n. Etym: [See Even, n.]
1. Evening. [Poetic] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson.
2. 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. "On the eve of death." Keble. Eve churr (Zoöl), the European goatsucker or nightjar; — called also night churr, and churr owl.
EVECTICS
E*vec"tics, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body. [Obs.]
EVECTION E*vec"tion. Etym: [L. evectio a going up, fr. evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F évection.]