Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E'VEN, v.t. [e'vn.]

1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth. This will even all inequalities. Evelyn. This temple Xerxes evened with the soil. Ralegh.
2. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance accounts. Shak.