Part 3975

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To set right; to complete.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To act up to; to keep pace with.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Even</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be equal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>R. Carew.</i>

<h1>Even</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>efne</ets>. See <er>Even</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>E'en</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.</def> "Is it <i>even</i> so?"

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote><b>Even</b> so did these Gauls possess the coast. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.</def>

<blockquote>Thou wast a soldier <b>Even</b> to Cato's wish. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Without . . . making us <b>even</b> sensible of the change. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.</def>

<blockquote>I have made several discoveries, which appear new, <b>even</b> to those who are versed in critical learning. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>At the very time; in the very case.</def>

<blockquote>I knew they were had enough to please, <b>even</b> when I wrote them. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Even</i> is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase. "I have debated <i>even</i> in my soul."</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>By these presence, <b>even</b> the presence of Lord Mortimer. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evene</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E*vene"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evenire</ets>. See <er>Event</er>.]</ety> <def>To happen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hewyt.</i>

<h1>Evener</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which makes even.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.</def>