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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