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adverb

Ever adv. (Sometimes contracted into e'er)

1.

At any time; at any period or point of time. "No man ever yet hated his own flesh."

2.

At all times; through all time; always; forever. "He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty."

3.

Without cessation; continually. Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man e'er a son?" "To produce as much as ever they can."

Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon.

Ever is one, continually; constantly. (Obs.)

Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. "Let him be ever so rich." "And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong." "You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters."

For ever, eternally. See Forever.

For ever and a day, emphatically forever. "She (Fortune) soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day."

Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. (Archaic) "Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!" Note: Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.

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"Ever" Quotes from Famous Books

... fresh fields of labor which ever open up anew as the old fields are submerged behind them, society must endeavor to speedily protect them by an amelioration of the economic conditions which are now so unnecessarily harsh and dangerous to health and morals. The world-wide movement for establishing governmental ...

— A New Conscience And An Ancient Evil • Jane Addams

... world. It was only given me later to realise, through grief too terrible for words, that, given the world as the world is, there are wrongs that are irrevocable, lies that, once lied, no truth can ever ...

— The Wings of Icarus - Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher • Laurence Alma Tadema

... haven't been at the tent for ever so long. Perhaps he has some news for me. I'm going to the house to write, so send him in as soon as he gets back. Be sure you don't let him get away before I ...

— In the Midst of Alarms • Robert Barr

... advantage can be obtained by arms, or that any advantage can be equal to the expense or the danger of attempting it? Will not the capture of one army after another satisfy him, must all become prisoners? Must England ever be the sport of hope, and the victim of delusion? Sometimes our currency was to fail; another time our army was to disband; then whole provinces were to revolt. Such a general said this and that; another wrote so and ...

— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine

... eat an iguana, and that's the most disagreeable looking reptile I've ever seen," Teddy whispered to Neal, ...

— The Search for the Silver City - A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan • James Otis

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