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Event [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which comes, arrives or happens; that which falls out; any incident good or bad.

2. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked. Ecclesiastes 9:2 .

3. The consequence of any thing; the issue; conclusion; end; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations terminates. The event of the campaign was to being about a negotiation for peace.

Event [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To break forth. [Not used.]

Event [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

Event [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To break forth.

Eventerate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To open the bowels; to rip open; to disembowel.

Eventerate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To rip open; todisembowel.

Eventerated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having the bowels opened.

Eventerating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opening the bowels.

Eventful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Full of events or incidents; producing numerous or great changes, either in public or private affairs; as an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventide [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The time of evening; evening.

Eventilate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To winnow; to fan; to discuss. [ See Ventilate .]

Eventilate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To winnow out; to fan.

2. To discuss; to ventilate.

Eventilation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fanning; discussion.

Eventilation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of eventilating; discussion.

Eventless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

Eventognathi [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

Eventration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.

2. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude.

3. The act af disemboweling.

Eventtual [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential.

2. Final; ultimate.

3. Dependent on events; contingent.

Eventual [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result of any thing; consequential.

2. Final; terminating; ultimate.

3. Eventual provision for the payment of the public securities.

Eventualities [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Eventuality

Eventuality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

2. Disposition to take cognizance of events.

Eventually [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the event; in the final result or issue.

Eventually [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.

Eventuate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To issue; to come to an end; to close; to terminate.

Eventuate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.

Eventuated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Eventuate

Eventuating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Issuing; terminating.

Eventuating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Eventuate

Eventuation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome.

Eventuality Roget’s Thesaurus §151

N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact, matter of fact, naked fact, bare facts, just the facts, phenomenon, advent, business, concern, transaction, dealing, proceeding, circumstance, particular, casualty, accident, adventure, passage, crisis, pass, emergency, contingency, consequence, opportunity (occasion) 143, the world, life, things, doings, affairs in general, things in general, affairs in general, the times, state of affairs, order of the day, course of things, tide of things, stream of things, current of things, run of things, march of things, course of events, ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of life, chapter of accidents, situation

V. happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure

Adj. happening, going on, doing, current, in the wind, in the air, afloat, on foot, afoot, on the tapis, at issue, in question, incidental, eventful, stirring, bustling, full of incident, memorable, momentous, signal

Adv. eventually, in the event of, in case, just in case, in the course of things, as things, times go, as the world goes, wags, as the tree falls, cat jumps, as it may turn out, happen

Phr. that's the way the ball bounces, that's the way the cookie crumbles, you never know what may turn up, you never know what the future will bring, the plot thickens, "breasts the blows of circumstance", "so runs round of life from hour to hour" "sprinkled along the waste of years", future events

Contention Roget’s Thesaurus §720

N. contention, strife, contest, contestation, struggle, belligerency, opposition, controversy, polemics, debate, war of words, logomachy, litigation, paper war, high words, sparring, competition, rivalry, corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism|, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap, regatta, field day, sham fight, derby day, turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids, wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense, spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting, quarterstaff, single stick, gladiatorship, gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo, athletics, athletic sports, games of skill, shindy, fracas, clash of arms, tussle, scuffle, broil, fray, affray, affrayment|, velitation|, colluctation|, luctation, brabble, brigue|, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict, skirmish, rencounter, encounter, rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight, battle, battle royal, combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament, tilt, tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement, naumachia, sea fight, duel, duello, single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting, digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms, pugnacity, combativeness, bone of contention

V. contend, contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle, spar, square, exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs, fib|, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence, skirmish, pickeer, fight, wrangle, contend &c. with, grapple with, engage with, close with, buckle with, bandy with, try conclusions with, have a brush, with, tilt with, encounter, fall foul of, pitch into, clapperclaw, run a tilt at, oppose, reluct, join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand, take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet, enter the lists, couch one's lance, give satisfaction, appeal to arms, lay about one, break the peace, compete with, cope with, vie with, race with, outvie, emulate, rival, run a race, contend &c. for, stipulate for, stickle for, insist upon, make a point of

Adj. contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads at war at issue, competitive, rival, belligerent, contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious, pugilistic, gladiatorial, palestric, palestrical

Phr. a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, "a very pretty quarrel as it stands", commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat

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Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

Genesis 24:63

And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.

Joshua 7:6

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

Joshua 8:29

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

1 Samuel 25:37

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

1 Kings 12:15

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 13:33

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

2 Chronicles 10:15

So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

Esther 3:1

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

Esther 9:20

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

Mark 11:11

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.

Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Luke 1:65

And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.

All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.

Luke 24:19

And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

Luke 24:36

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

Acts 4:3

And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

Acts 5:11

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

And great fear came over the whole church and all who heard about these events.

Acts 11:4

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,

But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events: