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n. [ Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn. ] 1. To prevent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. asseverer, fr. L. asseverare. ] See Asseverate. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asseverated p. pr. & vb. n. Asseverating ] [ L. asseveratus, p. p. of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus. See Severe. ] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asseveratio. ] The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asseverative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere. ] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bevered (&unr_;). ] To take a light repast between meals. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison, Potable. ] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treat, or drink money. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow. ] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) See Dengue. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house. ] [ Written also cantaliver and cantilever. ] 1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cantalever. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. chevrel, F. chevreau, kid, dim. of chevre goat, fr. L. capra. See Caper, v. i. ] Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of cheveril; pliant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [ Obs. ] Br. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind). ] 1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T would sound more clever
To me and to my heirs forever. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Well-shaped; handsome. “The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Good-natured; obliging. [ U. S. ]

Syn. -- See Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat clever. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a clever manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never was man so clever absurd. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

Syn. -- See Ingenuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Divergence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissevered p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering. ] [ OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-, and Sever. ] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To part; to separate. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. dessevrance. ] The act of disserving; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. dessevrement. ] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfiévrer. ] To excite fever in. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adv. [ OE. ever, æfre, AS. æfre; perh. akin to AS. ā always. Cf. Aye, Age, Evry, Never. ] [ Sometimes contracted into e'er. ] 1. At any time; at any period or point of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man ever yet hated his own flesh. Eph. v. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At all times; through all time; always; forever. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall ever love, and always be
The subject of by scorn and cruelty. Dryder. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Without cessation; continually. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. “His the old man e'er a son?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To produce as much as ever they can. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon. --
Ever is one, continually; constantly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. “Let him be ever so rich.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ] And all the question (wrangle e'er so long),
Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters. Thackeray. --
For ever, eternally. See Forever. --
For ever and a day, emphatically forever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] She [ Fortune ] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. Prof. Wilson. --
Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Everlasting. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. the highest mountain in the world, situated in Nepal and Tibet; 29, 028 feet high. proper name Also used as a metaphor for a high mountain.
Syn. -- Mount Everest, Mt. Everest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used in the United States without qualification, the word Everglades is understood to refer to the Everglades of southern Florida. [ PJC ]

pos>a. (Bot.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. “The funeral evengreens entwine.” Keble.

. Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

pos>a. 1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. “The Everlasting God.” Gen. xx1. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.

Syn. -- Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant. -- Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether we shall meet again I know not;
Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. --
Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an everlasting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Continual; incessant; unintermitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek the Lord . . . Seek his face evermore. Ps. cv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, behold, I am alive for evermore. Rev. i. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which flow from the presence of God for evermore. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I evermore did love you, Hermia. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. eversus, p. p. of evertere to turn out, overthrow; e out + vertere to turn. Cf. Evert. ] To overthrow or subvert. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]