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The Meaning of even
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(n.) Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
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(a.) 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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(a.) Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.
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(a.) Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure.
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(a.) Associate; fellow; of the same condition.
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(a.) Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.
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(v. t.) To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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(v. t.) To equal
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(v. t.) 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.
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(v. t.) To set right; to complete.
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(v. t.) To act up to; to keep pace with.
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(v. i.) To be equal.
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(a.) In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well.
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(a.) Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.
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(a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.
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(a.) At the very time; in the very case.
Synonyms
eve
,
eventide
,
evening
,
fifty-fifty
,
tied(p)
,
regular
,
level(p)
,
unconstipated
,
steady
,
veritable(a)
,
regular(a)
,
redden
,
sluice
,
rase
,
level off
,
counterbalance
,
scour
,
take down
,
even out
,
dismantle
,
blush
,
tear down
,
raze
,
correct
,
even up
,
purge
,
point
,
pull down
,
charge
,
compensate
,
crimson
,
even off
,
make up
,
level
,
flush
,
yet
,
still
,
stock-still
,
withal
,
thus far
,
so far
,
nonetheless
,
up to now
,
til now
,
until now
,
notwithstanding
,
however
,
all the same
,
nevertheless
,
hitherto
,
as yet
,
in time
,
heretofore
,
even so
,
horizontal
,
flat
,
plain
,
plane
,
change surface
Antonyms
cross-grained
,
asymmetrical
,
unsteady
,
asymmetric
,
jagged
,
sloping
,
hilly
,
rough
,
slanting
,
odd
,
irregular
,
broken
,
inclined
,
rolling
,
rugged
,
untrue
,
wavy-grained
,
unparallel
,
lumpy
,
wavy
,
jaggy
,
curly-grained
,
crinkly
,
unequal
,
out of true
,
wavelike
,
pebble-grained
,
uneven
,
rippled
,
ragged
,
crinkled
,
patchy
,
scraggy
Rhymes
llewellyn
,
tryin'
,
devilkin
,
bruin
,
maurin morin
,
comin'
,
bongjin
,
bodin
,
lynn
,
take-in
,
kinchin
,
coplin
,
guardin
,
potemkin
,
begin berlin
,
payin' playin'
,
rankin
,
ruffin
,
shubin
,
muskegon
,
gospodin
,
givin'
,
kassin
,
lohengrin
,
codeine
,
tallinn
,
kosygin
,
thinkin'
,
hosein
,
adrenalin
,
karyn
,
catechin
,
avertin
,
menuhin
,
trinh
,
glynn
,
suberin
,
dobrynin
,
complin
,
rodin
,
mahin
,
laggin
,
bolin
,
colvin
,
twin
,
gustin
,
yasin
,
darwin
,
benin
,
lumpkin
,
policemen
,
garwin
,
cassin
,
pull-in
,
firkin
,
helin
,
duffin
,
makin
,
brazilin
,
toe-in
,
dahlgren
,
shut-in
,
revision sarkisian
,
calkin
,
indign
,
caplin
,
currin
,
rosalyn
,
flavin
,
autolysin
,
vermin
,
binn
,
katyn
,
hodgkin
,
warkentin
,
jaclyn
,
smolin
,
quin
,
codlin
,
allphin
,
hairpin
,
elfin
,
lin
,
kidskin
,
cue-bidden
,
eskin glavine
,
condign
,
gilmartin
,
rutin
,
bollin
,
chardin
,
drawing-in
,
rawin
,
deerskin
,
patin
,
heparin
,
danylyszyn
,
bihn
,
koplin
,
durwin
,
linchpin
,
entin
,
kinin
,
elgin
,
glavine
,
sinn
,
mihn
,
derchin
,
look-in
,
bowfin
,
parkin
,
fyn
,
orin
,
invertin
,
jolin
,
sjodin
,
derwin
,
drapkin
,
when(4)
,
dworin
,
ch'in
,
yin
,
pin
,
only-begotten
,
tip-in
,
glyn
,
rofin
,
malin
,
thumbkin
,
robyn
,
cochin
,
estrin
,
kerlin
,
gamelin
,
lorin
,
brackin
,
anniston
,
vanillin
,
globulin
,
kingpin
,
boleyn
,
redskin
,
papain
,
bevin
,
elkin
,
kristin
,
florin
,
luskin
,
intrauterine
,
wineskin
,
siskin
,
askin
,
dustin
,
buckskin
,
brillat-savarin
,
mandolin
,
myrmidon
,
hugin
,
berlin
,
hardin
,
franklyn
,
clandestine
,
waitin'
,
shanklin
,
rohatyn
,
hamlin
,
saladin
,
rockin'
,
hin
,
raskin
,
harbin
,
quintain
,
anti-darwin
,
messin
,
chinn
,
gantrisin
,
goldwin
,
run-in
,
godwin
,
hollin
,
gwynne
,
rubin
,
kirlin
,
allin
,
jessamyn
,
catharine
,
turchyn
,
cardin
,
ellyn
,
deguerin
,
bohlin
,
moleskin
,
yellin
,
lapin
,
itkin
,
dechine
,
fagin
,
rustin
,
vin
,
ginn
,
gallatin
,
all-in
,
sinalbin
,
cravin
,
shoo-in
,
griffin
,
tellin
,
aplin
,
lakin
,
stickpin
,
doin'
,
bryn
,
gobelin
,
bailin
,
serafin
,
whin
,
crispin
,
daikin
,
flodin
,
chaikin
,
glycogen
,
gwinn
,
selwin
,
linn
,
norinchukin
,
godin
,
eakin
,
grimalkin
,
bowlin
,
weigh-in
,
vipin
,
chin-chin
,
claritin
,
dubin
,
digitoxin
,
melin
,
topspin
,
galactin
,
gramicidin
,
dubinin
,
chechen
,
kerwin
,
wiggin
,
bellin
,
mclin
,
quintin
,
younkin
,
bustin
,
qin
,
scrotten
,
marwin
,
makin'
,
carabin
,
merlin
,
kaolin
,
tolin
,
dobbin
,
sinh
,
kaelin
,
brolin
,
poplin
,
nejamatin
,
hemin
,
feelin'
,
dunedin
,
salicin
,
atkin
,
steppin'
,
joskin
,
aikin
,
smoothen
,
flynn
,
delwyn
,
cutin
,
eldwin
,
glackin
,
imine
,
sahlin
,
ferrin
,
easterlin
,
walkin'
,
ribavirin
,
guertin
,
pinn
,
punkin
,
ephedrine
,
hamelin
,
progestin
,
meakin
,
livin'
,
debrecen
,
gershwin
,
wood-lynne
,
kinn
,
close-in
,
intermountain
,
mellin schelin
,
margolin
,
junkin
,
jazmin
,
gin
,
pro-darwin
,
subpurlin
,
katherine
,
step-in
,
gentlemen
,
belin
,
linne
,
sit-in
,
mallin
,
lufkin
,
pepsin
,
albin
,
falynn
,
tippin
,
ardin
,
chin
,
sarandon
,
comorin
,
jin kihn
,
recoton
,
corbin
,
therafectin
,
foreskin
,
solzhenitsyn
,
kazin
,
duskin
,
syn
,
din dinh
,
boomkin
,
polin
,
marvin
,
brien
,
johnin
,
fightin'
,
poussin
,
lovastatin
,
been
,
catherine(3)
,
dubbin
,
collin
,
jasmin
,
astin
,
even
,
ballin
,
maslin
,
jinn
,
longshoremen
,
tianjin
,
cronin
,
hinn
,
perrin
,
licker-in
,
direction(3)
,
aflatoxin
,
jacqueline
,
wherein
,
wynn
,
glavin
,
aiken
,
dresden
,
sin
,
kyoung-min
,
levin
,
maximin
,
melatonin
,
gauguin
,
din
,
gerwin
,
applin
,
raskyn
,
heekin
,
rapkin
,
amidin
,
robbin
,
dustbin
,
agaricin
,
skin
,
wafer-thin
,
capeskin
,
disproven
,
marin
,
coffin
,
irvin
,
verduin
,
ballwin
,
whipper-in
,
secretin
,
riskin
,
hession
,
napkin
,
virgin
,
guerin
,
overspin
,
tin
,
gwynn
,
gluskin
,
milhollin
,
frewin
,
hematein
,
kubin
,
kagin
,
dorin
,
mollen
,
fade-in
,
swanskin
,
aspirin
,
serotonin
,
kopplin
,
akin
,
biggin
,
brinn
,
santin
,
prynne
,
finn
,
pepin
,
yaklin
,
heavin
,
myelin
,
joceline
,
norvin
,
sheepskin
,
dunkin'
,
prolamin
,
olin
,
spurlin
,
laurin
,
yasmin
,
mazarin
,
ruskin
,
ravin
,
kitchin
,
gavin
,
convertin
,
dakin
,
thin
,
dantin
,
lewin
,
quentin
,
hankin
,
jermyn
,
dauphin
,
kerin
,
moccasin
,
elyn
,
botkin
,
kevin
,
nolin ohlin
,
oberlin
,
bearskin
,
taliesin
,
sweatin'
,
bodkin
,
gelardin
,
caitlin
,
dublin
,
zinn zlin
,
stehlin
,
bergin
,
schwerin
,
buffin
,
dextrin
,
raisin
,
tramontin
,
sabin
,
limpkin
,
assemblymen
,
pipkin
,
kaplin
,
marrin
,
princekin
,
deakin
,
truncheon
,
katharine
,
bassin
,
digitalin
,
trade-in
,
headpin
,
palin
,
goatskin
,
sarrazin
,
devin
,
bastian
,
agustin
,
mclinn
,
direct-examine
,
ravelin
,
yassin
,
acklin
,
o'quinn
,
shaykin
,
mcmillin
,
exine
,
schwinn
,
bloodfin
,
turchin
,
spurgeon
,
limousin
,
chincapin
,
check-in