ever \ev"er\adv. oe. ever, aefre, as. aefre; perh. akin to
   as. =a always. cf. aye, age,evry, never.
   sometimes contracted into e'er.
   1. at any time; at any period or point of time.
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            no man ever yet hated his own flesh.  --eph. v. 29.
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   2. at all times; through all time; always; forever.
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            he shall ever love, and always be
            the subject of by scorn and cruelty.  --dryder.
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   3. without cessation; continually.
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   note: ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of
         enforcement. "his the old man e'er a son?" --shak.
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               to produce as much as ever they can. --m. arnold.
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   ever and anon, now and then; often. see under anon.

   ever is one, continually; constantly. obs. --chaucer.

   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." --emerson.
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            and all the question wrangle e'er so long,
            is only this, if god has placed him wrong. --pope.
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            you spend ever so much money in entertaining your
            equals and betters.                   --thackeray.

   for ever, eternally. see forever.

   for ever and a day, emphatically forever. --shak.
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            she fortune soon wheeled away, with scornful
            laughter, out of sight for ever and day. --prof.
                                                  wilson.

   or ever for or ere, before. see or, ere. archaic
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            would i had met my dearest foe in heaven
            or ever i had seen that day, horatio --shak.
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   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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see also:
aye age evry never e'er ever and anon 
anon ever is one ever so never so for ever 
forever for ever and a day or ever or ere