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e'er
1[ air ]
EER
2abbreviation for
-eer
3- a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French ( buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer ) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word ( auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer ); now frequently pejorative ( profiteer; racketeer ). Compare -ary, -er 2, -ier 2.
-eer
1suffix
- forming nouns indicating a person who is concerned with or who does something specified
mutineer
engineer
auctioneer
profiteer
- forming verbs to be concerned with something specified
electioneer
e'er
2/ ɛə /
adverb
- poetic.a contraction of ever
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of e'er1
from Old French -ier, from Latin -arius -ary
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Example Sentences
I to theeAll hope deny,” she said, “e'en hope; nor mayThose eyes of thine e'er shine, save through their tears.
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I shall die content;Henceforth, with destiny, no more regretThat I e'er saw the light.
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But we know its face now, and it will be our own fault if anything so foul shall e'er be seen again in our midst.
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Who loves his own sweet shadow in the streets / Better than e'er the fairest she he meets.
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And as to learning, I make no qury she can talk you over the Latin grammar as fast as e'er a gentleman here.
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