E'en

//iːn// adj, adv, verb

adj, adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Contraction of even. abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, poetic
Adjective
  1. 1
    Contraction of even. abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, poetic
Adverb
  1. 1
    Contraction of even. abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, poetic
Adverb
  1. 1
    even wordnet

Example

More examples

"Here were shown / her arms, and here her chariot; evermore / e'en then this land she cherished as her own, / and here, should Fate permit, had planned a world-wide throne."

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