Part 3979

<blockquote>He shall <b>ever</b> love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. <i>Dryder.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Without cessation; continually.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Ever</i> is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man <i>e'er</i> a son?"</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>To produce as much as <b>ever</b> they can. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ever and anon</col>, <cd>now and then; often. See under <er>Anon</er>.</cd> -- <col>Ever is one</col>, <cd>continually; constantly. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd> <i>Chaucer.</i> -- <col>Ever so</col>, <cd>in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See <cref>Never so</cref>, under <er>Never</er>.</cd> "Let him be <i>ever so<i> rich." <i>Emerson.</i>

<blockquote>And all the question (wrangle <b>e'er so</b> long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You spend <b>ever so</b> much money in entertaining your equals and betters. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>For ever</col>, <cd>eternally. See <er>Forever</er>.</cd> -- <col>For ever and a day</col>, <cd>emphatically forever.</cd> <i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight <b>for ever and day</b>. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

-- <col>Or ever</col> (for <i>or ere<i>), <cd>before. See <er>Or</er>, <er>ere</er>.</cd> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven <b>Or ever</b> I had seen that day, Horatio! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote> </cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Ever</i> is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, <i>ever memorable</i>, <i>ever watchful</i>, <i>ever burning</i>.</note>

<h1>Everduring</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*dur"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Everlasting.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Everglade</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*glade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; <as>as, the <ex>everglades</ex> of Florida</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Evergreen</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"er*green</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Evergreen</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev"er*green</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An evergreen plant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.</def> "The funeral <i>evengreens</i> entwine."

<i>Keble.</i>

<h1>Everich, Everych</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw><hw>Ev"er*ich</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ev"er*ych</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. see <er>Every</er>.]</ety> <def>each one; every one; each of two. See <er>Every</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Everichon, Everychon</h1> <Xpage=517>