- Eve, evening
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Eve, evening
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eve — evening, O.E. æfen, with pre 1200 loss of terminal n (which was mistaken for an inflexion), from P.Gmc. *æbando (Cf. O.S. aband, O.Fris. ewnd, Du. avond, O.H.G. aband, Ger. Abend, O.N. aptann, Dan. aften), of uncertain origin. Now superseded in… … Etymology dictionary
Eve — ([=e]v), n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eve churr — Eve Eve ([=e]v), n. [See {Even}, n.] 1. Evening. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson. [1913 Webster] 2. The evening before a holiday, from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eve of a Feast — • In the first ages, during the night before every feast, a vigil was kept. In the evening the faithful assembled in the place or church where the feast was to be celebrated and prepared themselves by prayers, readings from Holy Writ (now the… … Catholic encyclopedia
eve — [i:v] n [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: even evening (11 21 centuries), from Old English Afen; EVENING] 1.) [C usually singular] the night or day before an important day eve of ▪ on the eve of the election ▪ We re arriving on Christmas Eve . ▪ a New… … Dictionary of contemporary English
evening — eve|ning1 [ ivnıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night, including the time when the sun goes down: We spend most evenings reading or listening to music. on Monday/Tuesday etc. evening: I… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
eve|ning — «EEV nihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the last part of day and early part of night; time between sunset and bedtime: »We spent the evening watching television. 2. Figurative. the last part: »Old age is the evening of life. 3. an evening spent in a … Useful english dictionary
eve — [ēv] n. [ME, var. of even < OE æfen,EVENING] 1. Old Poet. evening 2. [often E ] the evening or day before a holiday [Christmas Eve] 3. the period immediately before some event [on the eve of victory] … English World dictionary
evening — from O.E. æfnung evening, sunset, verbal noun from æfnian become evening, grow toward evening, from æfen evening (see EVE (Cf. eve)). As a synonym of even (n.), it dates from mid 15c. and now entirely replaces the older word in this sense.… … Etymology dictionary
evening — eve|ning1 W1S1 [ˈi:vnıŋ] n [: Old English; Origin: Afnung, from Afen evening ] 1.) [U and C] the early part of the night between the end of the day and the time you go to bed ▪ I do most of my studying in the evening . ▪ I m usually out on Friday … Dictionary of contemporary English
eve — means ‘the evening or day before’ (as in Christmas Eve) and, in figurative use, also means ‘the time just before an event’ (as in the eve of the election). In the following examples, eve is literal in the first two phrases, is figurative in the… … Modern English usage
