Evened

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Even \E"ven\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evened}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Evening}]
     1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.
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              His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. --Sir. W.


                                                    Raleigh.
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              It will even all inequalities         --Evelyn.
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     2. To equal. [Obs.] "To even him in valor." --Fuller.
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     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.
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     4. To set right; to complete.
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     5. To act up to; to keep pace with. --Shak.
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