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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

... who set themselves up as paramount in breeding, manners, taste and fashions—all of these were either parties to this continuous process of fraud or benefited by it. The same is true of this class to-day; for the frauds in taxation are of greater magnitude than ever before. It was not astonishing, therefore, when John Jacob Astor II died in 1890, and William Astor in 1892, that enconiums should be lavished upon their careers. In all the accounts that appeared of them, not a word was there of the real facts; of the corrupt grasping ...

— History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I - Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times • Myers Gustavus

... lifetime of Jesus, the apostles preached,[1] but without ever departing far from him. Their preaching, moreover, was limited to the announcement of the speedy coming of the kingdom of God.[2] They went from town to town, receiving hospitality, or rather taking it themselves, according to the ...

— The Life of Jesus • Ernest Renan

... So no one ever sang in old Madam Melcombe's presence unless Peter forgot himself, and vexed his mother by chanting out snatches of songs that he had caught up from the village children. Mrs. Peter Melcombe formed for herself few theories; she was ...

— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow

... the case," said Caddy. "If I ever blame myself, I still think it's Ma's fault. We are to be married whenever we can, and then I shall go to Pa at the office and write to Ma. It won't much agitate Ma; I am only pen and ink to HER. One great comfort is," said Caddy with a sob, "that I shall never hear of Africa after ...

— Bleak House • Charles Dickens

... is true he loves me," cheerfully exclaimed the queen. "The king treats me more affectionately than ever. And that is great happiness after a wedded life of fourteen years! I will be grateful to him as long as I live, and to Prussia for loving me. But, alas! I have no other thanks for them than my devotion ...

— Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia • L. Muhlbach

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