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adverb
E'er  adv.  A contraction for ever. See Ever.



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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"E'er" Quotes from Famous Books



... love to wash the dishes, And also dry them, too. It makes your paws so soft and white, I really think—don't you? Some folks are awful fussy, When e'er they dust or sweep. They'd rather pile the dirt all up In corners, ...
— Buddy And Brighteyes Pigg - Bed Time Stories • Howard R. Garis

... usual story, Well, John, what news of fish? Have you of turbot or John Dory Seen e'er ...
— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 • Various

... said the widow; "betther bail than e'er a Lynch or Daly—not but what the Dalys is respictable—betther bail, any way, than e'er a Lynch in Galway could show, either for sessions or 'sizes, by night or by day, ...
— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope

... "Oh, have you e'er heard of Kate Kearney? She lives on the banks of Killarney; From the glance of her eye, Shun danger and fly, For fatal's the glance ...
— Little Women • Louisa May Alcott

... Has thy charmer e'er an aunt? Then learn the rules of woman's cant, And forge a tale, and swear you read it, Such as, save woman, none would credit Win o'er her confidante and pages By gold, for this a golden age is; And should it be her wayward fate, To be encumbered with a mate, ...
— The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete • Anthony Hamilton


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