EVEN (3)

E″ven (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evening (?)] 1. 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. 2. To equal. “To even him in valor.” Fuller.
3. 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. Shak.
4. 4. To set right; to complete.
5. 5. To act up to; to keep pace with. Shak.