evanescence

[Lat. evanescens, pr. par. of evanesco =to vanish.] 1. Lit .: The act or proce of gradually disappearing or vanishing from sight; a gradual disappearance from view; a state of being lost to view. "Like light transmitted from room to room, they lose their strength and splendor, and fade at last in total evanescence . " - Rambler , No. 156. 2. Fig .: A lo , a disappearance. "By the sudden evanescence of his reward when he thought his labors almost at an end."- Rambler , No. 163. e-van-es-çent, a. [Lat. evanescens , pr. par. of evanesco .] 1. Lit .: Vanishing or disappearing gradually from sight. "The canal grows still smaller and slenderer, so as that the evanescent solid and fluid will scarce differ." Arbuthnot. *2. Fig .: Imperceptible, indistinguishable by the senses. "The difference between right and wrong, in some petty cases, is almost evanescent . " -Wollaston. ěv-a-něs-çen-ti, pref . [Lat. evanescens (gen it. evanescent is ) =evanescent.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, Syrian. æ, œ ê; Chalmers: Bridge water Treatise , pt. ii., ch. i., p. 310. *ě-văn-gel, *e-van-gil, *e-vaun-gile, Fr. evangile : Low Lat. evangelium , from Gr. euanggelion =good tidings: euwell, good, and anggelia tidings; anggelos a me enger.] [EVAN- GELIST.] IMG:content-1178.png:[blocks in formation] rather than Calvin is tic views, while with regard to unconditional election he remained Calvin is tic. The denomination which he founded still flourishes in Scotland. e-văn-gel-Ic-al-ism, s . [Eng. evangelical ; -ism .] The system of doctrines called Evangelical antenne straight. ly . ] In an evangelical manner; as if influenced by the principles of the Gospel. "It appears that acts of saving grace are evangelically good, and well-pleasing to God."- Bp . Barlow : Remains, p. 432. IMG:content-1179.png:[blocks in formation] e-văn-gel-ist, *e-van-gel-iste, *e-vaun-gel- ist, *e-vaun-gel-iste, *e-wan-gel-iste, s. Fr. évangéliste ; from Lat. evangelist a ; Gr. euangge- listes , from euanggelion =good tidings, gospel: eu = well, good, and anggelia =tidings; anggelos =a me enger.] Ecclesiol. & Ch. Hist.: 1. Gen .: One who, instead of taking the respon sibility of a fixed pastorate, travels from place to place preaching the gospel; a home or foreign mi ionary, a herald of the cro . Philip of Cæsa- rea was an evangelist (Acts xxi. 8). Timothy was exhorted by St. Paul to "do the work of an evan- gelist" (2 Tim. iv. 5). The office, or at least the function, was different from that of the "apostle," the "prophet," the "pastor," and the "teacher" (Ephes. iv. 11). The early church understood the word, as is now pretty generally done, in this sense, the time of Trajan, speaks of some who, "traveling and Eusebius, the Church Historian, referring to abroad, performed the work of evangelists, being ambitious Christ. Then when they had laid the foundations of the faith in foreign coun tries they appointed other pastors, to whom they intrusted the cultivation of the parts they had recently occupied, while they proceeded to other countries and nations." 2. Spec .: One of the writers of the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. e-văn-gel-is-tar-y, s . [Low Lat. evangelist a- rium , from evangelist a = an evangelist.] A book containing a selection of pa ages from the gospels, as for le ons, ., in divine service. ě-văn-gel-Is-tic, a. [ Eng.evangelist ; -ic.] Per- taining to the work of an evangelist; mi ionary. e-văn-gel-iz-ā-tion, s . [English evangeliz (e); -ation .] The act of evangelizing; the preaching of the gospel. "The evangelization of John Baptist was a preparation to his first coming."- Hobbs . Christian Commonwealth, ch. xlii. "Stegh up, thou that evangel is ist to Sion."- Wycliffe : Isaiah xl. 19. 2. Spec.: To preach the gospel. "He would evangelize to the poor."- Porteus , vol. ii., ser. 12. B. Trans.: To preach the gospel to; to convert to a belief in the gospel. To evangelize the nations." -Milton : P. L. , xii. 499. *ē-văn-gel-ỹ, *evangelie, s. [O. Fr. evangile; Prov. evangel i .] [EVANGEL.] The gospel. *e-van-gil, *e-van-gile, s. [EVANGEL.] The gospel. "Al were it gospel the evangile ." Romaunt of the Rose, 6,101. ě-va-ni-a, s. [Greek euanios taking trouble easily: eu easily, and ania =grief, trouble.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Evaniide (q. v.). IMG:content-1180.png:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia (2) The act or proce of resolving into vapor; the proce of di ipating in fumes; vaporization. "To expel the infection by sweat and evaporation. Bacon : Natural History , § 968. 1714 vertiser, No. 137. 2. Fig .: A bursting out; a fuming. "The evaporations of a vindictive spirit."- Howell. II. Technically: 1. Chem.: Liquids evaporate at temperatures below their boiling points. The rising vapor converts sensible into latent heat, with the effect of producing cold. [HEAT.] 2. Meteor., Physical Geog ., & Geol .: Evaporation is continually taking place from every ocean, lake, river, marsh, or expanse of land not at the moment dry. The water thus raised into the sky, becomes visible as clouds, ultimately descending in rain, so that there is what may be called a natural alternation in meteorological arrangements, like the revolution of a circle any given point in the circumference of which returns at stated intervals to the spot which it occupied when note was first taken of its place. Evaporation may be perfectly visible to the eye, as it is when steam rushes from the spout of a kettle or fog rises from a lake. In most cases it is invisible; in the latter case it is called insensible evaporation. The disturbance of the level in different seas or parts of the ocean caused by evaporation is one main cause of currents.