e'en

[ een ]

/ in /

adverb Chiefly Literary.

even².

Nearby words

e hoa, e layer, e number, e pluribus unum, e region, e'en, e'er, e, e, e-, e-address, e-boat

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Examples from the Web for een

Een as my little pretty servant; sees three court dishes before her, and not one good bit in them:—How now?
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
I was een de country and I was gwine thoo' de orchard, and de cherries was scarce.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1|Work Projects Administration
"W'ere I tell you I would fin' dem, nord, een de valley of de spirits," he laughed.
The Whelps of the Wolf|George Marsh
An', bredren, I'm er tellin' yer de truf dis ebenin'; hit's jes 'bout de middle twix' een an' een.
Diddie, Dumps & Tot|Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle

“Een groot gruwzaam karl,” whispered one of the Hottentots, in broken Dutch.
The Settler and the Savage|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for een

e'en

/ (iːn) /

adverb, noun poetic, or archaic

a contraction of even 2, evening

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Word Origin and History for een

e'en

variant spelling of even, now archaic or poetic.

e'en

adverb Chiefly Literary.

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British Dictionary definitions for een

e'en

adverb, noun poetic, or archaic

Word Origin and History for een

e'en