Meaning never
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Old English næfre "never," compound of ne "not, no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + æfre "ever" (see ever). Early used as an emphatic form of not [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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never


not ever; not at any time
Source: eenglish.in

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never


keyn mol nisht
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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(adv) not ever; at no time in the past or future(adv) not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances
Source: beedictionary.com

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nunquam, numquam
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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There are numerous locutions to express this idea; as—
Source: bartleby.com

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be added to the must
Source: winemaking.jackkeller.net

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adv. "never, not at all," s.v. never adv. OED. KEY: never@adv
Source: sites.fas.harvard.edu (offline)

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adv 633 never 178 nevere 455
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lang=en 1600s=1678 |1800s=1843 * '''1678''' — . ''''. *: WORLD. I would advise thee, then, that thou with all speed get thyself rid of thy burden; for thou wilt never be settled in thy mind till th [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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for levity, for anecdote, and for an occasional thumb in the puritanical eye that closes itself to any information not dressed up in stiff, Latinized nomenclature (see the entry for English, Latinized).
Source: terrapsych.com (offline)





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