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Definitions: E'er |
E'erAdverb1. At all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "e'er" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | EER An extended entity-relationship model. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: E'er |
| Specialty definitions using "e'er": Apelles ♦ Crack a Bottle ♦ Disobey ♦ FIB ♦ Gargamelle, GRAPE, Grève ♦ None ♦ Poetic Terms, President. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Bailey | Any heart turned Godward, feels more joy in one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raised by all the feasts on earth since its foundations. |
Benjamin Franklin | Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse; E'er fancy you consult, consult your purse. |
William Shakespeare | What e'er thou art, act well thy part. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DISOBEY, v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command. His right to govern me is clear as day, My duty manifest to disobey; And if that fit observance e'er I shut May I and duty be alike undone. Israfel Brown |
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| "E'er" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "E'er" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 21.43% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "e'er": when-e'er. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "e'er"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | e'eray.(various references) | |
Spanish | contracción de "ever": siempre, alguna vez/ jamás, nunca en la vida. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-e-e-r" | |
-1 letter: ere, ree. | |
-2 letters: er, re. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 27 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 00100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E ' e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0027 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3997184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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