Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the first woman and the wife of Adam.
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- proper noun cryptography A conventional name for an
agent attempting to intercept a message sent byAlice that is intended forBob . - proper noun The first
woman andmother of thehuman race ;Adam 'swife . - proper noun An unspecified
primordial woman , from whom many or all people are descended. - proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the case of Adam Du Mont, Orange, the christian name, is “taken off” in a picture of Adam and Eve at the tree of forbidden fruit; and exactly the same idea occurs with equal appropriateness in the Mark of N. Eve, Paris, the sign of whose shop was
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Oh well, _I_ don't care, I'm not going to let my Christmas Eve be disturbed by a thing _like that_; if one can call it a _Christmas Eve_ at all.
A Young Girl's Diary Anonymous 1897
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Photo Gallery: Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria Parker on NYE Eve @Eve Tea parties seek to renew American spirit, not stir hate (41 comments)
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Photo Gallery: Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria Parker on NYE Eve @Eve Tea parties seek to renew American spirit, not stir hate (41 comments)
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Clonaid has refused to identify the parents or offer any proof that the child nicknamed "Eve" is a clone.
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According to Howard, Lost Books of Eve is on the way – sometime. via Josh Howard
Dead@17 Update | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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I'm guessing in Eve of Darkness he didn't quite succeed?
Guest Author: S.J. Day - Eve of Darkness Nalini Singh 2009
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Alice Eve is not a terrible actress, she was decently good in SOML, her bosom just distracts from what is going on in the scenes she is in.
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His insight was repeated a generation later by St. Irenaeus of Lyons (d.ca. 200): "What the virgin Eve had bound in unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosed through faith."
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Eve is the mother of all according to the flesh, but Mary according to the spirit.
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