e'er en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɛɚ/ (General-American)
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- /ˈɛʔɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛʔə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Contraction of ever, similar to o'er from over.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable, poetic, qualifier:otherwise archaic) Contraction of ever.
alt of ever
“… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
Relateds
where'er · whene'er · ne'er-do-well · ne'er