ever and anon

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Anon \A*non"\, adv. [OE. anoon, anon, anan, lit., in one (moment), fr. AS. on in + [=a]n one. See On and One.]

1.Straightway; at once. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it.— Matt. xiii. 20.[1913 Webster]

2.Soon; in a little while. [1913 Webster]

As it shall better appear anon.— Stow.[1913 Webster]

3.At another time; then; again. [1913 Webster]

Sometimes he trots, . . . anon he rears upright.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Anon right, at once; right off. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Ever and anon, now and then; frequently; often. [1913 Webster]

A pouncet box, which ever and anon He gave his nose.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to AS. [=a] always. Cf. Aye, Age,Evry, Never.] [Sometimes contracted into e'er.]

1.At any time; at any period or point of time. [1913 Webster]

No man ever yet hated his own flesh.— Eph. v. 29.[1913 Webster]

2.At all times; through all time; always; forever. [1913 Webster]

He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty.— Dryder.[1913 Webster]

3.Without cessation; continually. [1913 Webster]

Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man e'er a son?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]

To produce as much as ever they can.— M. Arnold.[1913 Webster]

Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon.

Ever is one, continually; constantly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. "Let him be ever so rich." --Emerson. [1913 Webster]

And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters.— Thackeray.

For ever, eternally. See Forever.

For ever and a day, emphatically forever. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day.— Prof. Wilson.

Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Note: Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning. [1913 Webster]