1. [adv]  used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; "even an idiot knows that"; "declined even to consider the idea"; "I don't have even a dollar!"
2. [adv]  to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons; "looked sick and felt even worse"; "an even (or still) more interesting problem"; "still another problem must be solved"; "a yet sadder tale"
3. [adv]  in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
4. [adv]  to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
5. [adj]  equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"
6. [adj]  of the score in a contest; "the score is even"
7. [adj]  being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
8. [adj]  divisible by two
9. [adj]  occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
10. [adj]  symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
11. [v]  make even or more even
12. [v]  become even or more even; "even out the surface"
13. [v]  make level or straight; "level the ground"

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1. \E"ven\n. [OE. eve, even, efen, [ae]fen. AS. [=ae]fen; akin
   to OS. [=a]band, OFries, [=a]vend, D. avond, OHG. [=a]band,
   Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf.
   {Eve}, {Evening}.]
   Evening. See {Eve}, n. 1. [Poetic.] --Shak.
   

2. \E"ven\, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG.
   eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. j["a]mn, Goth.
   ibns. Cf. {Anent}, {Ebb}.]
   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 ruffed 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. --Luke xix.
                                                  44.
   4. Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to
      both side; 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. --Shak.
   5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. ``I know
      my life so even.'' --Shak.
   6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] ``His
      even servant.'' --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29).
   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.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
   {On even ground}, with equal advantage.
   {On even keel} (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.
   

3. \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Evening}]
   1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
            His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
                                                  Raleigh.
            It will even all inequalities         --Evelyn.
   2. To equal [Obs.] ``To even him in valor.'' --Fuller.
   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. --Shak.
   4. To set right; to complete.
   5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
   

4. \E"ven\, v. i.
   To be equal. [Obs.] --R. Carew.
   

5. \E"ven\, adv. [AS. efne. See {Even}, a., and cf. {E'en}.]
   1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally;
      precisely; just; likewise; as well. ``Is it even so?''
      --Shak.
            Even so did these Gauls possess the coast.
                                                  --Spenser.
   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. --Shak.
            Without . . . making us even sensible of the change.
                                                  --Swift.
   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.
                                                  --Addison.
   4. At the very time; in the very case.
            I knew they were had enough to please, even when I
            wrote them.                           --Dryden.
   Note: Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase.
         ``I have debated even in my soul.'' --Shak.
               By these presence, even the presence of Lord
               Mortimer.                          --Shak.