v. Obs. [OE. (ʓe-)efenlǽcan, f. efen, EVEN a. + -lǽcan, f. -lác (see -LOCK) used as suffix forming sbs. of quality.] trans. To imitate.
c. 1000. Ps. lxxxviii. 7 (Lye).
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., II. 34. He [Stephanus] … Cristes … ʓebysnunge ærfæstlice ʓeefenlæhte.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 113. Soðliche nis nan mon wel cristene butan þe þe criste euenlecheð.
