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.