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never
['nɛvɚ]
ad. , ,

[] 永, ,



never
[ adv ]

  1. not ever; at no time in the past or future

  2. <adv.all>
    I have never been to China
    I shall never forget this day
    had never seen a circus
    never on Sunday
    I will never marry you!
  3. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances

  4. <adv.all>
    never fear
    bringing up children is never easy
    that will never do
    what is morally wrong can never be politically right




Never \Nev"er\ (n[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [AS. n[=ae]fre; ne not, no +
[=ae]fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
present, or future. --Shak.

Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
--Pope.

2. In no degree; not in the least; not.

Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
worse. --South.

And he answered him to never a word. --Matt. xxvii.
14.

Note: Never is much used in composition with present
participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing,
never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing,
etc., retaining its usual signification.

{Never a deal}, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

{Never so}, as never before; more than at any other time, or
in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; --
now often expressed or replaced by {ever so}.

Ask me never so much dower and gift. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.

A fear of battery, . . . though never so well
grounded, is no duress. --Blackstone.