e'en

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[ een ]

adverbChiefly Literary.
  1. contraction of even1.

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e'en2
[ een ]

nounChiefly Literary.

Origin of e'en

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Contraction of even2

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e'en

/ (iːn) /


adverb, nounpoetic, or archaic
  1. a contraction of even 2, evening

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