Meaning of EVENTIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eevun`tId
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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 | |
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| | Definition: | | Eventide
The citizens of Holt, Colorado, return in Kent Haruf`s follow-up to his bestselling PLAINSONG, and make it through a hard winter. But in American small towns, people help each other out, and, in the process, don`t hesitate to tangle their lives together. As spring slowly arrives, the McPheron brothers and their neighbors find that they have been put to the test, and they have survived. more details ... |
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| 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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