e'er

See also: eer and -eer

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Adverb

e'er

  1. (poetic) Contraction of ever.
    • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:
      “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”

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