Category:Never

Nev"er, adv. Etym: [as. n; ne not, no + 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.