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even2 flat, level (obs. in gen. use; naut. in an even keel); uniform, equal, equally balanced OE.; exactly adjusted, precise XIII; of number, opp. to odd XIV. OE. efen = OS. eban (Du. even, effen), OHG. eban (G. eben), ON. jafn, Goth. ibns :- Gmc. *ebnaz, of unkn. orig.
So even adv. (poet. e'en) †evenly, equally; (arch.) exactly, fully OE.; in the extreme case XVI. OE. efne = OS. efno (Du. even), OHG. ebano (G. eben) :- WGmc. *ebnō. even vb. OE. efnan and (ġe)efnian.

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