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One who, or that which, devastates. Emerson.

Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. Bouvier.

Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.]

To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

That may be evaded. [R.]

n argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton.

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.

To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

See Favus, n., 2. Fairholt.

Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.

ure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of coelenterates.

Incapable of being

The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease.

Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." Hoole.

An armed constable; also, a government servant or courier. [Turkey]

Destitute of vessels; extravascular.

Of the color of the olive; tawny. Sir T. Herbert.

Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.