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eve definition

eve (ēv)

noun

  1. Old Poet. evening
  2. the evening or day before a holiday Christmas Eve
  3. the period immediately before some event on the eve of victory

Etymology: ME, var. of even < OE æfen, evening

Eve definition

Eve (ēv)

noun

  1. a feminine name: var. Eva
  2. Bible the first woman, Adam's wife: Gen. 3:20

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) Eva, Heva < Heb Ḥawwāh, lit., life, living being

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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