a. [ Cf. L. Genevensis, F. génevois. ] Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. --
n. Same as Miniver. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. &unr_; nix, nivis, snow. ] (Geol.) The upper part of a glacier, above the limit of perpetual snow. See Glacier. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Icel. nefna. √ 267. ] To name; to mention; to utter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. n&aemacr_;fre; ne not, no + &aemacr_;fre ever. ]
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
And he answered him to never a word. Matt. xxvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. [ 1913 Webster ]
Never a deal,
Never so,
Ask me never so much dower and gift. Gen. xxxiv. 12.
A fear of battery, . . . though never so well grounded, is no duress. Blackstone.
adj. endless or seemingly endless;
adv. Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where springtime of the Hesperides
Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Incapable of being subdued.
adv. & conj. Nevertheless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & conj. [ Never + the (see The by that) + less. ] Not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet. [ 1913 Webster ]
No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nephew. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. An ancient Assyrian city. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ AS. unefen. See Un- not, and Even, a. ]
Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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adv. & conj. At whatever time. “Whenever that shall be.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]