even adv. (employed in the foll. obs. or archaic uses; often contracted “e'en”)
1.
in exact agreement
Tw.N. V. i. 249
“as the rest goes ,”
Cym. I. iv. 50
“to go with what I
heard.”
2.
exactly, precisely,
just
Mer.V. I. iii. 50
“
there,”
III. ii. 49
“
as,”
AYL. I. i. 92
“Is it so?,”
Ven. 59
“
so,”
Pilgr. 147
“
thus.”
3.
(of time) at the same
moment (“with”), just
(“now, then”）
Tp. II. i. 319 [311] “
now,”
Cæs. I. iii. 27
“ at
noonday,”
Cym. III. vi. 16
“ before,”
Sonn. lxxi. 12
“let your love even with
my life decay.”
4.
quite, fully
Wiv. IV. vi. 12
“answer'd my affections
to
my wish,”
Cor. I. iv. 57
“a soldier to
Cato's wish.”
5.
used to emphasize the
identity of a person, thing, or circumstance
Tp. III. i. 14
“these sweet thoughts do
refresh my labours,”
Gent. II. i. 50
“ she I
mean,”
Mer.V. V. i. 242
“I swear to thee, by thine
own fair eyes.”
