evermore

adv — 2 senses

evermore

adv

US /ˌɛvɚˈmoɹ/ · UK /ˌɛvəˈmɔː/

Etymology From Middle English evermore (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever + -more.

1

Always; forever; eternally.

But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou may'st love on through love's eternity.c. 1845–1846, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sonnets from the Portuguese”, in Poems. […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1850, →OCLC, sonnet XIV, page 451:

2

At any time in the future.

[N]ote by the way, that if honey be deſpumed, that is to ſay, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any uſe.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXII.] Of the nature and properties of Honey. […].”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 135:

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