Emily Dickinson Lexicon

E-VENT'U-A-TING, ppr.

Issuing; terminating.

EV'ER, adv. [Sax. æfre, efre.]

1. At any time; at any period or point of time, past or future. Have you ever seen the city of Paris, or shall you ever see it? No man ever yet hated his own flesh. Eph. v.
2. At all times; always; continually. He shall ever love, and always be / The subject of my scorn and cruelty. Dryden. He will ever be mindful of his covenant. Ps. cxi. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Tim. iii.
3. Forever, eternally; to perpetuity; during everlasting continuance. This is my name forever. Ex. iii. In a more lax sense, this word signifies continually, for an indefinite period. His master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. Ex. xxi. These words are sometimes repeated, for the sake of emphasis; forever and ever, or forever and forever. Pope. Shak.
4. Ever and anon, at one time and another; now and then. Dryden.
5. In any degree. No man is ever the richer or happier for injustice. Let no man fear that creature ever the less, because he sees the apostle safe from his poison. Hall. In modern usage, this word is used for never, but very improperly. And all the question, wrangle e'er so long, / Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. Pope. This ought to be, ne'er so long, as the phrase is always used in the Anglo-Saxon, and in our version of the Scriptures, that is, so long as never, so long as never before, to any length of time indefinitely. Ask me never so much dowry. Charmers, charming never so wisely. These are the genuine English phrases. Let them charm so wisely as never before.
6. A word of enforcement or emphasis; thus, as soon as ever he had done it; as like him as ever he can look. They broke all their bones in pieces or ever they came to the bottom of the den. Dan. vi. [or is a misprint. It should be ere, that is, before. See ere.]
7. In poetry, and sometimes in prose, ever is contracted into e'er. Ever in composition signifies always or continually, without intermission, or to eternity.

EV-ER-ACT'IVE, a.

Active at all times.

EV-ER-BUB'BLING, a. [ever and bubbling.]

Continually boiling or bubbling. Crashaw.

EV-ER-BURN'ING, a. [ever and burning.]

Burning continually or without intermission; never extinct; as, an everburning lamp; everburning sulphur. Milton.

EV-ER-CHANG'ING, a.

Very changeable.

EV-ER-DUR'ING, a. [ever and during.]

Enduring forever; continuing without end; as, everduring glory. Ralegh.

EV-ER-DY'ING, a.

Always dying.

EV-ER-EX-PAND'ING, a.

Always expanding.

EV'ER-GLADE, n.

A tract of land covered with water and grass.

EV'ER-GREEN, a. [ever and green.]

Always green; verdant throughout the year. The pine is an evergreen tree.

EV'ER-GREEN, n.

A plant that retains its verdure through all the seasons; as, a garden furnished with evergreens.

EV-ER-GROW'ING, a.

Always growing.

EV-ER-HAST'ING, a.

Always hasting.

EV-ER-HON'OR-ED, a. [ever and honored.]

Always honored; ever held in esteem; as, an everhonored name. Pope.

EV-ER-LAST'ING, a. [ever and lasting.]

1. Lasting or enduring for ever; eternal; existing or continuing without end; immortal. The everlasting God, or Jehovah. Gen. xxi. Everlasting fire; everlasting punishment. Matth. xviii. xxv.
2. Perpetual; continuing indefinitely, or during the present state of things. I will give thee, and thy seed after thee, the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen. xvii. The everlasting hills or mountains. Genesis. Habakkuk.
3. In popular usage, endless; continual; unintermitted, as, the family is disturbed with everlasting disputes.

EV-ER-LAST'ING, n.

1. Eternity; eternal duration, past and future. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Ps. xc.
2. A plant, the Gnaphalium; also, the Xeranthemum. Fam. of Plants.

EV-ER-LAST'ING-LY, adv.

Eternally; perpetually; continually. Swift.

EV-ER-LAST'ING-NESS, n.

Eternity; endless duration; indefinite duration. [Little used.] Donne.

EV-ER-LAST'ING-PEA, n.

A plant, a species of Lathyrus.

EV-ER-LIV'ING, a. [ever and living.]

1. Living without end; eternal; immortal; having eternal existence; as, the ever-living God.
2. Continual; incessant; unintermitted.

EV-ER-MEM'O-RA-BLE, a.

Worthy to be always remembered.

EV-ER-MORE', adv. [ever and more.]

1. Always; eternally. Religion prefers the pleasures which flow from the presence of God for evermore. Tillotson.
2. Always; at all times; as, evermore guided by truth.

EV-ER-O'PEN, a. [ever and open.]

Always open; never closed. Taylor.

EV-ER-PLEAS'ING, a. [ever and pleasing.]

Always pleasing; ever giving delight. The everpleasing Pamela. Sidney.