5. To act up to; to keep pace with. Shak.

E"ven (?), v. i. To be equal. [Obs.] R. Carew.

E"ven, adv. [AS. efne. See Even, a., and cf. E'en.] 1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. "Is it even so?" Shak.

Even so did these Gauls possess the coast.