2. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience,
or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do
wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.
The heart of the sons of men is full of evil.
Eccl. ix. 3. 3. malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. [R.] Shak.
He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil.
Addison. Evil
(E"vil), adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. Shak.
It went evil with his house.
1 Chron. vii. 23.
The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us.
Deut. xxvi. 6. Evil eye
(E"vil eye`) See Evil eye under Evil, a.
Evil-eyed
(E"vil-eyed) a. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad
design; malicious. Shak.
Evil-favored
(E"vil-fa`vored) a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed.
Bacon.
— E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.
Evilly
(E"vil*ly) adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.
Evil-minded
(E"vil-mind`ed) a. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked.
— E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.
Evilness
(E"vil*ness), n. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as,
evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.
Evince
(E*vince") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evinced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing ] [L. evincere vanquish
completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict.]
1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]
Error by his own arms is best evinced.
Milton. 2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to
bring to light; to evidence.
Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this.
South.