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prep.
Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
n.
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
a.
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
v. t.
To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
n.
A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.
v. i.
To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.
n.
An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.]
n.
A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.
v. t.
To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life.
v. t.
Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
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Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.
n.
In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.
adv.
Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
a.
Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils.
a.
Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
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Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
a.
Of or pertaining to a talisman; having the properties of a talisman, or preservative against evils by occult influence; magical.
v. i.
To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
n.
One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
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The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc.
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