e'en

Adverb

Meaning

A contraction for even. See Even.

Examples

In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Oliver Goldsmith

And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy. Oliver Goldsmith

When one that holds communion with the skies Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'T is e'en as if an angel shook his wings. William Cowper

So lovers, to their fair one fondly blind, E'en on her ugliness with transport gaze. Chinese Proverb

He, who more than he is worth doth spend, E'en makes a rope, his life to end. French Proverb

Ye never saw green cheese but your e'en reei'd. Scottish Proverb

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