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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
even
    adv 1: 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: in spite of; notwithstanding; "even when he is sick, he
       works"; "even with his head start she caught up with him"
    3: 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" [syn: even, yet, still]
    4: to the full extent; "loyal even unto death"
    adj 1: divisible by two [ant: odd, uneven]
    2: 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" [syn: even,
       fifty-fifty]
    3: 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" [ant:
       uneven]
    4: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features";
       "a regular polygon" [syn: even, regular]
    5: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even
       rhythm of his breathing" [syn: even, regular]
    6: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn:
       tied(p), even, level(p)]
    n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
         daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
         the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve,
         even, eventide]
    v 1: make level or straight; "level the ground" [syn: flush,
         level, even out, even]
    2: become even or more even; "even out the surface" [syn:
       even, even out]
    3: make even or more even [syn: even, even out]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Even \E"ven\ ([=e]v"'n) 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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Even \E"ven\, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG.
   eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. j[aum]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.
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   2. Equable; not easily ruffled or disturbed; calm; uniformly
      self-possessed; as, an even temper.
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   3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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            And shall lay thee even with the ground. --Luke xix.
                                                  44.
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   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.
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            To make the even truth in pleasure flow. --Shak.
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   5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know
      my life so even." --Shak.
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   6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] "His even
      servant." --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29).
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   7. Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder;
      -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
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            Whether the number of the stars is even or odd.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   On even ground, with equal advantage.

   On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Even \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Evening]
   1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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            His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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            It will even all inequalities         --Evelyn.
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   2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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   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. --Shak.
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   4. To set right; to complete.
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   5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Even \E"ven\, v. i.
   To be equal. [Obs.] --R. Carew.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Even \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.
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            Even so did these Gauls possess the coast.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much
      as; fully; quite.
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            Thou wast a soldier
            Even to Cato's wish.                  --Shak.
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            Without . . . making us even sensible of the change.
                                                  --Swift.
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   3. As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is
      unexpected or less expected.
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            I have made several discoveries, which appear new,
            even to those who are versed in critical learning.
                                                  --Addison.
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   4. At the very time; in the very case.
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            I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I
            wrote them.                           --Dryden.
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   Note: Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase.
         "I have debated even in my soul." --Shak.
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               By these presence, even the presence of Lord
               Mortimer.                          --Shak.
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