From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Eve
n 1: (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology:
the first woman and mother of the human race; God
created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in
the Garden of Eden [syn: Eve]
2: the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her
departure"
3: the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the
French Revolution"
4: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening,
eventide]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Eve \Eve\ ([=e]v), n. [See Even, n.]
1. Evening. [Poetic]
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Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. --Thomson.
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2. The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of
reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight;
as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also,
the period immediately preceding some important event. "On
the eve of death." --Keble.
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Eve churr (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker or nightjar;
-- called also night churr, and churr owl.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
EVE
Extensible VAX Editor