Definitions for: Ever


[adv] at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy"
[adv] at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time"
[adv] (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ev"eradv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; 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.

No man ever yet hated his own flesh. --Eph. v. 29.

2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.

He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by
scorn and cruelty. --Dryder.

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?'' --Shak.

To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold.

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.

And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only
this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope.

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.

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]

Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I
had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak.

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.

Synonyms: always, e'er, ever so, of all time

Antonyms: ne'er, never

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