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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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"Even" Quotes from Famous Books



... bed. One might as well try. Nurse seemed to think.... He touched the ground with both feet, felt the floor firm and even under them—as firm and even under the one foot as under the other. He stood up straight, moved the foot that he had been used to move—then the other, the one that he had never moved. He took two steps, three, four—and then he ...
— Harding's luck • E. [Edith] Nesbit
... this interesting bard, unless it be found in the circumstance to which he refers in his "Diary,"[104] of having been bred a violent Jacobite, and having lived many years under the excitement of strong, even vindictive feelings, at the fate of his chief and landlord (Buchanan of Arnprior and Strathyre), who, with many of his dependents, and some of the poet's relations, suffered death for their share in the last rebellion. While he relates that the power of religion at length quenched this ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... with a sufficient concession to the circumstances of the moment a dignified vindication of a high-minded policy. Napoleon was deeply impressed with respect for her, and loudly expressed it. For her sake, indeed, he even affected to pardon her husband, thus making a merit with her of the necessity which he felt, from other motives, for showing forbearance towards a family so nearly allied to that of St. Petersburg. In 1813 the grand duke was found at his post in that great gathering of ...
— Biographical Essays • Thomas de Quincey
... said the shrewd and far-seeing Shif'less Sol. "Timmendiquas will go North to gather all the warriors in the valley if he kin. He may even get help ...
— The Border Watch - A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand • Joseph A. Altsheler
... two things: their work, and their human relations. In the world that we have been picturing, work will be free, not excessive, full of the interest that belongs to a collective enterprise in which there is rapid progress, with something of the delight of creation even for the humblest unit. And in human relations the gain will be just as great as in work. The only human relations that have value are those that are rooted in mutual freedom, where there is no domination and no ...
— Proposed Roads To Freedom • Bertrand Russell


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