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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.)





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"Even" Quotes from Famous Books



... the arm-chair rolled up for him by the servant, beside Zerbine and opposite the marquis, who helped him to some of the partridge he had been carving, and filled his wine-glass for him; all without asking any questions as to what brought him there, or even hinting at it. But he felt sure that it must be something of importance that had caused the usually reserved and retiring young nobleman to take such a ...
— Captain Fracasse • Theophile Gautier
... them up. Somehow she seemed a fine lady in the dignity of manner and the self-possession that she had taken on with characteristic quickness of apprehension and imitation, and Mrs. Newton felt as if the housework were unsuited to her. Even her father looked at her with a sort of respect, and forbore to chide her ...
— Duffels • Edward Eggleston
... conflict, the Victor's shout at the close would be enough. His last words, 'I have overcome the world,' sound the note of triumph, and tell how sharp had been the strife. So long and hard had it been that He cannot forget it even in heaven, and from the throne holds forth to all the churches the hope of overcoming, 'even as I also overcame.' As on some battlefield whence all traces of the agony and fury have passed away, and harvests wave, and larks sing where blood ran and men groaned ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren
... their bees, we three rode out after wolf with some new hounds. Rutilianus, our General, had given us ten days' leave, and we had pushed beyond the Second Wall—beyond the Province of Valentia—into the higher hills, where there are not even any of Rome's old ruins. We killed a she-wolf before noon, and while Allo was skinning her he looked up and said to me, "When you are Captain of the Wall, my child, you won't be able to ...
— Puck of Pook's Hill • Rudyard Kipling
... with Lord Ardrahan. Lord Ardrahan was, to his thinking, somewhat pompous, and had been felt by Tom to expect that he, Tom, should acknowledge the inferiority of his position by his demeanour. Now such an idea as this was altogether in opposition to Tom's mode of living. Even though the hounds were to be taken away from him, and he were left at Daly's Bridge with the L200 a year which had come to him from his father, he would make no such acknowledgment as that to any gentleman in County Galway. So he shook ...
— The Landleaguers • Anthony Trollope


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