n. [ F. alevin, OF. alever to rear, fr. L. ad + levare to raise. ] Young fish; fry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Anjou.
Syn. -- Angevine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. Angevin. ] Of or pertaining to Anjou in France. -- n. A native of Anjou. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That believes; having belief. -- Be*liev"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OF. eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, F. échevin. ] The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale.

--E*vin"ci*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sad; sorrowful; causing grief. -- n. The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved. -- Griev"ing*ly, adv. Shak. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut.
Syn. -- genus Guevina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , n. (Zool.) The gazelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Cf. Leven. ] Lightning. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Levin brand, a thunderbolt. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A swift hound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any climbing species of Aristolochia; esp., the Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia sipho). See under Dutchman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. plevine. See Replevin. ] A warrant or assurance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to relieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Relieving arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. --
Relieving tackle. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Totten. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. replevina. See Replevy, and cf. Plevin. ] 1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Law) To replevy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Revict. ] To overcome; to refute, as error. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + vindicate. Cf. Revindicate, Revenge. ] To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or practice of one who steeves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) See Steeve, n. (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical. [ 1913 Webster ]

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2. Believing that the thing alleged is not true; disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. “Unbelieving Jews.” Acts xiv. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un`be*liev"ing*ly adv. -- Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]