Evacuate, v. a.
- 1. Empty, make empty.
- 2. Eject, expel, excrete, void, discharge, throw out, clear out, clean out.
- 3. Quit (at a house or a country), leave, relinquish, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from.
Evacuation, n.
- 1. Emptying.
- 2. Discharge, ejection, excretion.
- 3. Quitting, withdrawal, retirement, retreat.
Evade, v. a.
- 1. Elude, escape, escape from, steal away from, get away from (by artifice).
- 2. Avoid, shun, decline.
- 3. Surpass (one’s powers), baffle, foil, elude.
Evade, v. n. Equivocate, shuffle, fence, quibble, dodge, prevaricate, palter.
Evanesce, v. n. Vanish, disappear, be dissipated, be seen no more.
Evanescence, n.
- 1. Evanishing, vanishing, evanishment, disappearance, being dissipated, gradual disappearance.
- 2. Transitoriness, transientness, speedy passage, short continuance, fleeting nature.
Evanescent, a. Vanishing, fleeting, transitory, transient, passing, flitting, fugitive, flying, ephemeral, short-lived.
Evangel, n. (Poetical.)
- 1. Gospel, glad tidings.
- 2. The gospel, Christian revelation, plan of salvation.