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1,783 words match “EVEN”

EVENTUAL a. 3 definitions
Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.
EVENTUALITY n. 2 definitions
The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.
EVENTUALLY adv.
In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.
EVENTUATE v.
To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
EVENTUATION n.
The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome. R. W. Hamilton.
CHEVEN n.
A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne.
CHEVENTEIN n.
A variant of Chieftain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
DEVENUSTATE v.
To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.]
ELEVEN a. 4 definitions
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
ELEVENTH a. 5 definitions
Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
ENLEVEN n.
Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.
IMPREVENTABILITY n.
The state or quality of being impreventable. [R.]
IMPREVENTABLE a.
Not preventable; invitable.
LEVEN n.
Lightning. [Obs.] Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer.
LOEVEN'S LARVA n.
The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.
NEVEN v.
To name; to mention; to utter. [Obs.] As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer.
PREVENANCE n.
A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. "The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence." Ward.
PREVENANCY n.
The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [Obs.] Sterne.
PREVENE v.
To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] Philips.
PREVENIENCE n.
The act of going before; anticipation. [R.]
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