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ever (ev′ər)

adverb

  1. at all times; always lived happily ever after
  2. at any time have you ever seen an eclipse?
  3. at all; by any chance; in any way how can I ever repay you?

Etymology: ME < OE æfre, prob. < WGmc bases of OE a, always, ever (see aye) + ? feorr, far

ever Idioms

ever and anon

or ever and again
Archaic now and then; occasionally

ever so

Informal very; extremely

for ever and ever

always
also for ever and a day

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ever Synonyms

ever

modif.

eternally, always, at all times, at any time; see always 1, at all at all, regularly 2.

for ever and a day

always, for ever and ever, perpetually; see eternal 2, forever 1.


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ever quotes

You are too young to fall asleep for ever; And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.

-Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain

Ah God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like some of the simple great ones gone For ever and ever by, One still strong man in a blatant land, Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocratöone Who can rule and dare not lie.

-Tennyson

   For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.

-Tennyson

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