adjective

1. flat; level; smooth even country
2. not irregular; not varying; uniform; constant an even tempo
3. calm; tranquil; serene; placid an even disposition
4. in the same plane or line; in line water even with the rim
5. equally balanced
6. 1. owing and being owed nothing
   2. with neither a profit nor a loss
7. revenged for a wrong, insult, etc.
8. just; equitable; fair an even exchange
9. equal or identical in number, quantity, degree, score, etc.
10. exactly divisible by two: said of numbers
11. exact an even mile

Etymology: ME < OE efne, efen, akin to Ger eben, Goth ibns < ? IE base *yem-, hold together > MIr emon, twins

adverb

1. Obsolete in an even manner
2. 1. though it may seem improbable; moreover; indeed; fully even unto death; even a fool could understand
   2. exactly; precisely; just; in no other way but it happened even as I expected
   3. just as; while; already even as he spoke, she entered
   4. still; yet: used in emphasizing a comparison an even worse mistake
   5. Archaic namely; particularly one there was, even John

transitive verb, intransitive verb

noun

Etymology: see eve