English Dictionary: evitable | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. --G. Harvey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.] The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . [bd]He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaph \Ep"i*taph\, n. [F. [82]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. [?], orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + [?] tomb. Cf. {Cenotaph}.] 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak. 2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: [bd]Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitapher \Ep"i*taph`er\, n. A writer of epitaphs. --Nash. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton. Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaphial \Ep`i*taph"i*al\, Epitaphian \Ep`i*taph"i*an\, a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. --Milton. Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaphic \Ep`i*taph"ic\, a. Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n. An epitaph. --Udall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epitaphist \Ep"i*taph`ist\, n. An epitapher. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Evadible \E*vad"i*ble\, a. Capable of being evaded. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Evitable \Ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. [82]vitable.] Avoidable. [R.] --Hooker. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
EFTPOS {Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale} |