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Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n.

An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.

To call out; to summon forth. To evoke the queen of the fairies. T. Warton. A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.

cellent breeding, principles, aims, action. To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

ying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.

. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.

ate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.

ited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope. The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak. Estate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.

Fairy. [Archaic] Spenser.

To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.

A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.

e, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. Fairholt.

fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. -- Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simpl…

ons or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.

The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him. A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope. Sometimes an hour…

One who commits a fault. [Obs.] Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.

See Favus, n., 2. Fairholt.

Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.

A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.