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Definition of Eventide

1. Noun. The latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). "He enjoyed the evening light across the lake"

Definition of Eventide

1. n. The time of evening; evening.

Definition of Eventide

1. evening [n -S] - See also: evening

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eventide

Evenki evenly evenness evennesses evens evensong evensongs event evented eventer

eventers eventful eventfully eventfulness eventfulnesses eventide (current term) eventides eventing eventings eventless

eventognathi eventration eventration eventration of the diaphragm events eventual eventual(a) eventualities eventuality eventuality

Literary usage of Eventide

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1. Poems by Leroy Hibbard White (1914)
"THE CHRISTIAN eventide In a sermon preached in Evanston, Wyoming. ... At eventide! blest eventide! When cares are o'er and labor done, The shield and helmet ..."

2. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"eventide. COMES something down with eventide, Beside the sunset's golden bars, Beside the floating scents, beside The twinkling shadows of the stars. ..."

3. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1878)
"Phelps very justly commends his * At eventide Discourses, by NEHEMIAH ADAMS, DD, Senior Pastor of Union Church, Boston. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co. pp. ..."

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