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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  EER
       
          An extended entity-relationship model.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  E'er \E'er\ (?; 277), adv.
     A contraction for ever. See Ever.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to
     Aye,+Age,{Evry" rel="nofollow">AS. [=a] always. Cf. Aye, Age,{Evry, Never.]
     [Sometimes contracted into e'er.]
     1. At any time; at any period or point of time.
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              No man ever yet hated his own flesh.  --Eph. v. 29.
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     2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
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              He shall ever love, and always be
              The subject of by scorn and cruelty.  --Dryder.
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     3. Without cessation; continually.
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     Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of
           enforcement. ``His the old man e'er a son?'' --Shak.
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                 To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold.
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     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.
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              And all the question (wrangle e'er so long),
              Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. --Pope.
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              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.
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              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]
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              Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
              Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! --Shak.
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     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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  E'er \E'er\ (?; 277), adv.
     A contraction for ever. See Ever.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ever \Ev"er\adv. [OE. ever, [ae]fre, AS. [ae]fre; perh. akin to
     Aye,+Age,{Evry" rel="nofollow">AS. [=a] always. Cf. Aye, Age,{Evry, Never.]
     [Sometimes contracted into e'er.]
     1. At any time; at any period or point of time.
  
              No man ever yet hated his own flesh.  --Eph. v. 29.
  
     2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
  
              He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by
              scorn and cruelty.                    --Dryder.
  
     3. Without cessation; continually.
  
     Note: Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of
           enforcement. ``His the old man e'er a son?'' --Shak.
  
                 To produce as much as ever they can. --M. Arnold.
  
     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.
  
              And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only
              this, if God has placed him wrong.    --Pope.
  
              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.
  
              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]
  
              Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I
              had seen that day, Horatio!           --Shak.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  e'er
       adv : at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will
             always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time";
             "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever
             hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy" [syn: always,
             ever] [ant: never]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Eer
     Κάτω σαξονικά n.
     ο πλανήτης της γη (''αστρονομία'')