pos>adv. [ OE. ever, æfre, AS. æfre; perh. akin to AS. ā always. Cf. Aye, Age, Evry, Never. ]
No man ever yet hated his own flesh. Eph. v. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
He shall ever love, and always be
The subject of by scorn and cruelty. Dryder. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. “His the old man e'er a son?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To produce as much as ever they can. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ever and anon,
Ever is one,
Ever so,
Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
For ever,
For ever and a day,
Or ever (for or ere),
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! Shak.
☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. Everlasting. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. the highest mountain in the world, situated in Nepal and Tibet; 29, 028 feet high. proper name Also used as a metaphor for a high mountain.
n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass;
☞ When used in the United States without qualification, the word
pos>a. (Bot.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
. Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a.
I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.
Whether we shall meet again I know not;
Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Everlasting flower.
Everlasting pea,
adv. In an everlasting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]