*even*

n. A variant of Chieftain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. devenustatus, p. p. of devenustare to disfigure; de + venustus lovely, graceful. ] To deprive of beauty or grace. [ Obs. ]

a. [ OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying “to be left over, remain, ” appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve. ] Ten and one added; as, eleven men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; -- now no longer used.
Syn. -- 11-plus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven. ] 1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Eleven. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ OE. eve, even, efen, æfen. AS. &aemacr_;fen; akin to OS. āband, OFries, āvend, D. avond, OHG. āband, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf. Eve, Evening. ] Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [ Poetic. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG. eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. jämn, Goth. ibns. Cf. Anent, Ebb. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equable; not easily ruffled or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

And shall lay thee even with the ground. Luke xix. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both sides; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the even truth in pleasure flow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. “I know my life so even.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [ Obs. ] “His even servant.” Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 29). [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the number of the stars is even or odd. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

On even ground, with equal advantage. --
On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evened p. pr. & vb. n. Evening 1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. Sir. W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

It will even all inequalities Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To equal. [ Obs. ] “To even him in valor.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To set right; to complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To act up to; to keep pace with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be equal. [ Obs. ] R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. efne. See Even, a., and cf. E'en. ] 1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. “Is it even so?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even so did these Gauls possess the coast. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou wast a soldier
Even to Cato's wish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without . . . making us even sensible of the change. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. At the very time; in the very case. [ 1913 Webster ]

I knew they were bad enough to please, even when I wrote them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase. “I have debated even in my soul.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

By these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. evenire. See Event. ] To happen. [ Obs. ] Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which makes even. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beginning of evening. “At the quiet evenfall.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Equality. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fair or impartial; unbiased. “Evenhanded justice.” Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. &aemacr_;fnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve. ] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the ascending scale
Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. “Evening Prayer.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants (Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening. --
Evening grosbeak (Zoöl.), an American singing bird (Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening. --
Evening primrose. See under Primrose. --
The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See Morning Star. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small dressy handbag, richly decorated, carried by women for formal occasions in the evening. [ PJC ]

n. small California annual (Linanthus dichotomus) with white flowers.
Syn. -- evening snow, Linanthus dichotomus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening.
Syn. -- formalwear, evening dress, evening clothes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having equanimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. &aemacr_;fensang. ] A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. Wyclif. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. See Come. ] 1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. “The events of his early years.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett (Thucyd. ) [ 1913 Webster ]

There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [ Obs. ] “Leave we him to his events.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dark doubts between the promise and event. Young.

Syn. -- Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result; termination; consequence; conclusion. -- Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An event denotes that which arises from a preceding state of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that which meets us in our progress through life, as if by chance, or in the course of divine providence. The things which thus meet us, if important, are usually connected with antecedents; and hence event is the leading term. In the “Declaration of Independence” it is said, “When, in the cource of human events, it becomes necessary.” etc. Here, occurrences would be out of place. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which is does not primarily belong; as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually applied to things of secondary importance. A circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in our path of life. These may differ greatly in importance; but they are always outsiders, which operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less influence according to their intrinsic importance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced; might mention some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances which marked its progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. éventer to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind. ] To break forth. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. e out + venter the belly: cf. F. éventer. ] To rip open; to disembowel. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Physics, Astron.) the boundary surface surrounding a black hole, from outside of which nothing inside can be observed, because nothing inside that surface, even light, can escape beyond it. See also black hole and escape velocity. [ PJC ]

pos>n. [ AS. &aemacr_;fentīd. See Tide. ] The time of evening; evening. [ Poetic. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. eventilatus, p. p. of eventilare to fan. See Ventilate. ] 1. To winnow out; to fan. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discuss; to ventilate. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eventilating; discussion. [ Obs. ] Bp. Berkely. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without events; tame; monotonous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Dr. e'y^ well + &unr_; within gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. e out + venter belly. ] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. (b) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. (c) The act of disemboweling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. éventiel. See Event. ] 1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Final; ultimate. “Eventual success.” Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Eventualities [ Cf. F. éventualité. ] 1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) Disposition to take cognizance of events. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Eventuated p. pr. & vb. n. Eventuating. ] To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome. R. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being impreventable; inevitability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not preventable; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Levin. ] Lightning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Named after the Swedish Zoologist, S. F. Löven, who discovered it. ] (Zool.) The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the time of life between 70 and 80.
Syn. -- seventies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Icel. nefna. √ 267. ] To name; to mention; to utter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]