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Even   /ˈivɪn/   Listen
adverb
Even  adv.  
1.
In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. "Is it even so?" "Even so did these Gauls possess the coast."
2.
Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite. "Thou wast a soldier Even to Cato's wish." "Without... making us even sensible of the change."
3.
As might not be expected; serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected. "I have made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning."
4.
At the very time; in the very case. "I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I wrote them." Note: Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase. "I have debated even in my soul." "By these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer."



adjective
Even  adj.  
1.
Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.
2.
Equable; not easily ruffled or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
3.
Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. "And shall lay thee even with the ground."
4.
Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both sides; owing nothing on either side; said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain. "To make the even truth in pleasure flow."
5.
Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know my life so even."
6.
Associate; fellow; of the same condition. (Obs.) "His even servant."
7.
Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. "Whether the number of the stars is even or odd."
On even ground, with equal advantage.
On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.



verb
Even  v. t.  (past & past part. evened; pres. part. evening)  
1.
To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. "His temple Xerxes evened with the soil." "It will even all inequalities"
2.
To equal. (Obs.) "To even him in valor."
3.
To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits; to make equal; as, to even the score.
4.
To set right; to complete.
5.
To act up to; to keep pace with.



Even  v. i.  To be equal. (Obs.)



noun
Even  n.  Evening. See Eve, n. 1. (Poetic.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... other land. Its prolongation was unfortunate. For several decades preceding 1854 it had failed to adjust itself to the new environment, and its continuance was an obstacle to the economic progress of Canada. Its abolition was wise—a generation or two earlier it would have been even wiser. All this is not to say, however, that the seigneurial system did not serve a highly useful purpose in its day. So long as it fitted into the needs of the colony, so long as the intendancy remained to guard the ...
— The Seigneurs of Old Canada: - A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism • William Bennett Munro

... the disease so produced could be cured by removing the salts which had been introduced into the blood. This certainly points to a cure for cataract which shall be really radical, and adds another to the results which justify, even upon humanitarian grounds, physiological experiments, at the expense of the animal ...
— The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 • Various

... being more out of the way, as they fancied, of Thompson's musket, had climbed as high as they could up the rigging, so that he was able to hold another Frenchman in check. The Frenchman nearest to me, seeing my resolute bearing, and having no fancy for throwing his life away even for the sake of his companions, very wisely backed against them, and they seeing Mr Randolph and his party advancing from forward, to avoid getting their heads broken, leaped precipitately down the hatchway, whence they had but ...
— Will Weatherhelm - The Yarn of an Old Sailor • W.H.G. Kingston

... months. We are quite swamped, we cannot give to everybody, there are too many. And after all you are among the fortunate ones. I find some lying like dogs on the tiled floors of their rooms, without a scrap of coal to make a fire or even a potato to eat. And the poor children, too, good Heavens! Children in heaps among vermin, without shoes, without clothes, all growing up as if destined for prison or the scaffold, unless ...
— Fruitfulness - Fecondite • Emile Zola

... under cover of the MEA CULPA, striking her breast so vigorously that everybody, even the lady with the red cushion, turned round toward her. Porthos paid no attention. Nevertheless, he understood it ...
— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere


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