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e'er

Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to AS. [=a] always. Cf. Aye, Age, Evry, Never.]

  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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
e'er

variant spelling of ever, now archaic or poetic.

Wiktionary
e'er

adv. (context poetic English) Contraction of '''ever'''.

WordNet
e'er

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" [syn: always, ever] [ant: never]

Usage examples of "e'er".

And when the false moon steals away, Or e'er the chacing morn doth rise, Oft, fearless, we our gambols play By the fire-worm's radiant eyes.

What mon o' true heart can e'er fail tae hauld sacred the memory o' Flora, wha saved her Bonnie Prince Charlie?

So have they mustered up a strength full double any e'er dispatched in times gone by, and this force we face with scarce four score ships.

And the Cassidy--Craddock rome and reme round e'er a wiege ne'er a waage is still immer and immor awagering over it,a cradle with a care in it or a casket with a kick behind.

If e'er your father's crown adorn your brows, Numidia will be blest by Cato's lectures.

No orc'll e'er climb the wall of Shallows, and no giant'll ever knock it down!