Word Meanings - ALLHALLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
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- EVENMINDED
Having equanimity. - EVENT
1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. - EVENTILATION
The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely. - BEFORETIME
Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5. - EVENTFUL
Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life. - EVENTIDE
The time of evening; evening. Spenser. - EVENTRATION
A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. The act af disemboweling. - EVENTLESS
Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful. - EVENER
1. One who, or that which makes even. 2. In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast. - EVENE
To happen. Hewyt. - EVENTUALLY
In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately. - EVENTUALITY
Disposition to take cognizance of events. (more info) 1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence. - BEFOREHAND
1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation, - EVENFALL
Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson. - EVENLY
With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely. - EVENHAND
Equality. Bacon. - EVENHANDED
Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n. - EVENTERATE
To rip open; todisembowel. Sir. T. Brown. - HALLOWEEN
The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. Burns. - EVENTOGNATHI
An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - REVENDICATION
The act of revendicating. Vattel - SEVENNIGHT
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight. - PREVENIENCE
The act of going before; anticipation. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable. - THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. - PREVENTABLE
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. - PREVENTINGLY
So as to prevent or hinder. - UNSEVEN
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. "To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome." Fuller. - PREVENT
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow - SEVENFOLD
Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton. - REVENGING
Executing revenge; revengeful. -- Re*ven"ging*ly, adv. Shak. - STEVEN
1. Voice; speech; language. Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. Chaucer. 2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. Spenser. To set steven, to make an appointment. They setten steven for to meet To playen at the