I. ˈēv noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, variant of even
1. : evening
from morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve — John Milton
2. : the evening or the day before a holiday, a saint's day, or any important day
3. : the period immediately preceding some particular event
believed that America was on the eve of a tremendous theoretical and cultural development — J.T.Farrell
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, after Eve, the first woman in the Bible
: a woman having qualities typically associated with womankind : woman
an effortlessly feminine creature whose personal career never interferes with her role as a charming, eternal Eve — Newsweek