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  1. adverb At all times; always: ever hoping to strike it rich.
  2. adverb At any time: Have you ever been to Europe?
  3. adverb In any way; at all: How did they ever manage? See Usage Note at rarely.
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  • While my name has been credited, nothing ever translates into USD. —  p2pnet news
  • All I could ever do, and all I ever will be able to do, is explain, to the best of my ability, the rational and logical reasons behind man's horrific capacity to slaughter one another all for the superficial satisfaction of a supernatural world that no human being -- ever -- has proven, in the slightest fraction of the tiniest degree, to even exist. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • I have not read anywhere that the father ever was abusive or mistreated his children in the past. —  News from www.pantagraph.com
  • In 2003, even before it was translated into French, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - the fifth book in the series - became the first book in English ever to top the French best-sellers 'list. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • In 2003, even before it was translated into French, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" _ the fifth book in the series _ became the first book in English ever to top the French best-sellers 'list. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
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  1. Middle English, from Old English ǣfre; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also contr. (dial. and poetical) e'er; from Middle English ever, evere, evre, efer, efere, efre, ævere, avere, æfre, always, at all times, at any time; with comparatives, in any degree, in such degree; with indefinite (orig. interrogative) pronouns, a generalizing addition; from Anglo-Saxon ǣifre, ever, i. e., always (rarely, ever, i. e., at any time), prob. ult. from ā, ever, always, ay (see ay, aye), orig. *āw (= Gothic (Moesogothic) aiw) with umlaut of the vowel (cf. ǣw, ǣ, law, of the same origin) and change of w to f (v), + -re, dative feminine adjective suffix, often formative of adverbs. Cf. Anglo-Saxon ēce, everlasting, from the same ult. source: see eche. Hence, with prefixed negative, never, q. v.
 

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