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.
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.
5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --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.