E·ven v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened p. pr. & vb. n. Evening ]
 1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
    His temple Xerxes evened with the soil.   --Sir. W. Raleigh.
    It will even all inequalities   --Evelyn.
 2. To equal. [Obs.] “To even him in valor.”
 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.
 4. To set right; to complete.
 5. To act up to; to keep pace with.