Meaning of EVENTIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eevun`tId
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake" |
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| | Synonyms: | | eve, evening |
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| | See Also: | | day, daylight, daytime, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloaming, guest night, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E"ven*tide`\n. [AS. [=ae]fent[=i]d. See {Tide}.]
The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | close of day, cockshut, dimpsy, dusk, eve, even, evening, evensong, gloaming, grayness, nightfall, setting sun, shut of day, sundown, sunset, the expiring day, twilight, vesper |
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