n. A variant of Chieftain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven. ] 1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. See Come. ] 1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. “The events of his early years.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett (Thucyd. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [ Obs. ] “Leave we him to his events.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dark doubts between the promise and event. Young.

Syn. -- Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result; termination; consequence; conclusion. -- Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An event denotes that which arises from a preceding state of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that which meets us in our progress through life, as if by chance, or in the course of divine providence. The things which thus meet us, if important, are usually connected with antecedents; and hence event is the leading term. In the “Declaration of Independence” it is said, “When, in the cource of human events, it becomes necessary.” etc. Here, occurrences would be out of place. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which is does not primarily belong; as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually applied to things of secondary importance. A circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in our path of life. These may differ greatly in importance; but they are always outsiders, which operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less influence according to their intrinsic importance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced; might mention some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances which marked its progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. éventer to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind. ] To break forth. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. e out + venter the belly: cf. F. éventer. ] To rip open; to disembowel. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Physics, Astron.) the boundary surface surrounding a black hole, from outside of which nothing inside can be observed, because nothing inside that surface, even light, can escape beyond it. See also black hole and escape velocity. [ PJC ]

pos>n. [ AS. &aemacr_;fentīd. See Tide. ] The time of evening; evening. [ Poetic. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. eventilatus, p. p. of eventilare to fan. See Ventilate. ] 1. To winnow out; to fan. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discuss; to ventilate. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eventilating; discussion. [ Obs. ] Bp. Berkely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without events; tame; monotonous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Dr. e'y^ well + &unr_; within gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. e out + venter belly. ] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. (b) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. (c) The act of disemboweling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. éventiel. See Event. ] 1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Final; ultimate. “Eventual success.” Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Eventualities [ Cf. F. éventualité. ] 1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) Disposition to take cognizance of events. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eventuated p. pr. & vb. n. Eventuating. ] To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome. R. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being impreventable; inevitability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not preventable; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the time of life between 70 and 80.
Syn. -- seventies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a seventh part.
Syn. -- seventh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prevented; p. pr. & vb. n. Preventing. ] [ L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See Come. ] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. Bk. of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. “This vile purpose to prevent.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come before the usual time. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being preventable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preventer bolts, or
Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to reënforce other rigging. --
Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to prevent or hinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prévention. ] 1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [ Obs. ] Hammond. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Prejudice; prepossession. [ A Gallicism ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to prevent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. préventif. ] 1. Going before; preceding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

Physic is either curative or preventive. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [ Eng ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a preventive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. seventene, AS. seofont&ymacr_;ne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. Seventy. ] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonteóða, seofonteogeða. ] 1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. [ 1913 Webster ]

In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Seven: cf. AS. seofoða. ] 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. --
Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the seventh place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. hund-seofontigoða. ] 1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty. ] Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Seventies 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Seventy, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See Septuagint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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a. 1. Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not preceded by anything. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]