--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 30 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Evasion is avoiding something you should do or face, like a question, a rule or a duty.[↗](../../evasion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law, money) Tax evasion is illegally not paying the tax you owe.[↗](../../evasion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Evasion is also escaping or dodging someone who is chasing you.[↗](../../evasion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His answer was an evasion; he did not really say yes or no.[↗](../../evasion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tax evasion is against the law.[↗](../../evasion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox's evasion of the hounds was clever.[↗](../../evasion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief's evasion of the police ended at the bridge.[↗](../../evasion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fare evasion means riding a bus without paying.[↗](../../evasion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The reporter would not accept another evasion.[↗](../../evasion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For the third time Dullhead asked for his bride, but again the King tried to make some evasion, and demanded a ship ‘which could sail on land or water\![↗](../../evasion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **evasive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If someone is evasive, they avoid giving a clear, direct answer, often because they are hiding something.[↗](../../evasive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Evasive action is a quick movement to avoid danger, such as swerving or ducking.[↗](../../evasive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When I asked who ate the cake, my brother was very evasive.[↗](../../evasive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister gave an evasive answer to the question.[↗](../../evasive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot took evasive action to avoid the birds.[↗](../../evasive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit made evasive zigzags to escape the fox.[↗](../../evasive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop being evasive and tell me what happened\![↗](../../evasive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her evasive reply made the detective suspicious.[↗](../../evasive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **evasively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that avoids giving a clear, direct answer or avoids doing something.[↗](../../evasively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I might have seen it,» he said evasively.[↗](../../evasively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad answered evasively when the Badger asked about the car.[↗](../../evasively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She looked away and spoke evasively.[↗](../../evasively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When asked who broke the vase, the twins answered evasively.[↗](../../evasively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The politician replied evasively to the question.[↗](../../evasively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Oh, somewhere,» said the Cat evasively.[↗](../../evasively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He shrugged evasively and changed the subject.[↗](../../evasively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **eve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The day or evening before a special day.[↗](../../eve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve.[↗](../../eve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The time just before an important event: on the eve of the match.[↗](../../eve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old or poetry) Evening.[↗](../../eve/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Eve — a girl's name; in the Bible, the first woman.[↗](../../eve/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We open one present on Christmas Eve.[↗](../../eve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On New Year's Eve we stayed up until midnight.[↗](../../eve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On the eve of the final, the players went to bed early.[↗](../../eve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eve is my best friend's name.[↗](../../eve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The streets were busy on the eve of the holiday.[↗](../../eve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old poem, the farmer came home at eve.[↗](../../eve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.[↗](../../eve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: 'I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.'[↗](../../eve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbi Hanina and Rabbi Oshaiah sat the entire eve of the Sabbath studying the Sefer Yetzirah and created a three-year old calf, and ate it' . . .[↗](../../eve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../eve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **even** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An even number can be split into two equal groups with none left over, like 2, 4, 6, 8.[↗](../../even/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Even means flat, smooth and level.[↗](../../even/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Even means equal, the same: an even score.[↗](../../even/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Even» adds stress to something surprising: he did not even say hello.[↗](../../even/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Even if» and «even though» mean although.[↗](../../even/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* exactly or just; 'even as' means 'just as'.[↗](../../even/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Is 14 an even number?[↗](../../even/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · List the even numbers from 1 to 10.[↗](../../even/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can 9 cookies be shared evenly by 2?[↗](../../even/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He did not even eat one.[↗](../../even/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The score is even, 2 to 2.[↗](../../even/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lay the cards on an even surface.[↗](../../even/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Even the teacher laughed.[↗](../../even/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She went out even though it was raining.[↗](../../even/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Even after sundown it was hot.[↗](../../even/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.[↗](../../even/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.36.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar; (Torah DEU.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.[↗](../../even/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But what is it even then?[↗](../../even/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall even one that hateth right govern?[↗](../../even/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Wilt thou even make void My judgment?[↗](../../even/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.40.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../even/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.[↗](../../even/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.36.10, JPS 1917) · She did not understand even now.[↗](../../even/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Peter Pan) · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.[↗](../../even/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) **evening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The evening is the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and before night, from about 6 o'clock until bedtime.[↗](../../evening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An evening can also be an event at that time, like a parents' evening.[↗](../../evening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She read 10 pages in the morning and 15 in the evening.[↗](../../evening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop closes at 8 in the evening.[↗](../../evening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He runs 2 km every evening.[↗](../../evening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many in all each day?[↗](../../evening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good evening, everyone\![↗](../../evening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We eat dinner in the evening.[↗](../../evening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a parents' evening at school on Thursday.[↗](../../evening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The evening sky turned pink.[↗](../../evening/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Toward evening they started for home.[↗](../../evening/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, one day.[↗](../../evening/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.[↗](../../evening/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.[↗](../../evening/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.[↗](../../evening/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.[↗](../../evening/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.[↗](../../evening/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evening/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **evenly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Evenly means in equal parts, so everyone gets the same.[↗](../../evenly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Evenly also means smoothly and in a level way, like spreading butter evenly.[↗](../../evenly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She shared 24 cookies evenly among 6 friends.[↗](../../evenly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Split the money evenly.[↗](../../evenly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The 30 chairs are put evenly in 5 rows.[↗](../../evenly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can 17 be shared evenly by 4?[↗](../../evenly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Spread the jam evenly on the bread.[↗](../../evenly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 divides evenly by 3.[↗](../../evenly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plants are spaced evenly in the garden.[↗](../../evenly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They were very evenly matched, and the battle was a hard one.[↗](../../evenly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **event** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An event is something that happens, especially something important or unusual.[↗](../../event/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An event is a planned occasion, like a party, concert or sports day.[↗](../../event/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An event is one race or competition in a sports programme, like the 100 metres.[↗](../../event/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* At all events means anyway, whatever happens.[↗](../../event/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school fair is a big event.[↗](../../event/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the events of the story in order.[↗](../../event/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire drill tells us what to do in the event of a fire.[↗](../../event/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite event at sports day is the egg-and-spoon race.[↗](../../event/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rolling a six is an event with a chance of one in six.[↗](../../event/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The moon landing was an amazing event.[↗](../../event/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the events on a timeline.[↗](../../event/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In any event, we'll meet at the gate.[↗](../../event/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I must tell of the great event.[↗](../../event/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.[↗](../../event/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.2.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../event/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **eventful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eventful means full of things that happen, many of them exciting or important.[↗](../../eventful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This was to be an eventful day for the travellers.[↗](../../eventful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had an eventful trip to the sea.[↗](../../eventful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was an eventful morning for the boy.[↗](../../eventful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **eventide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eventide is an old word for evening, the time when the day is ending.[↗](../../eventide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* the evening, the time when the day is ending.[↗](../../eventide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* At eventide the family lay down to sleep.[↗](../../eventide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The goatherd drove his flock home at eventide.[↗](../../eventide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.[↗](../../eventide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.63, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eventide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.[↗](../../eventide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eventide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not.[↗](../../eventide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.17.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../eventide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.[↗](../../eventide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.63, JPS 1917) · So at eventide they all lay down on the floor, and beside them they set a lighted taper hidden in an earthen pot.[↗](../../eventide/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.[↗](../../eventide/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.11, JPS 1917) **eventual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening at the end of a long time or after a series of events; final.[↗](../../eventual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spain were the eventual champions.[↗](../../eventual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After many tries, his eventual success made him proud.[↗](../../eventual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The eventual cost of the bridge was double the plan.[↗](../../eventual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We didn't know the eventual result until the last day.[↗](../../eventual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The eventual outcome of the war changed the map of Europe.[↗](../../eventual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice led to her eventual win.[↗](../../eventual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **eventually** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Eventually means in the end, after a long time, a lot of waiting or many problems.[↗](../../eventually/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We eventually found the lost dog.[↗](../../eventually/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After hours of rain, the sun eventually came out.[↗](../../eventually/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The caterpillar eventually turns into a butterfly.[↗](../../eventually/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I practised and eventually I could ride my bike.[↗](../../eventually/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cube eventually melted completely.[↗](../../eventually/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep trying, and you will eventually solve it.[↗](../../eventually/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Eventually, everyone got home safely.[↗](../../eventually/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But, knowing that persistence would eventually succeed, he held her fast until she assumed her true form.[↗](../../eventually/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **ever** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* At any time: «Have you ever seen a whale?».[↗](../../ever/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Always, or all the time (in phrases): ever since, for ever, ever after.[↗](../../ever/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Used to make words stronger: the best day ever, ever so kind (UK).[↗](../../ever/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Than ever means more than at any time before, and as ever means just as always.[↗](../../ever/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Have you ever been to the seaside?[↗](../../ever/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the best birthday ever\![↗](../../ever/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They lived happily ever after.[↗](../../ever/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have lived here ever since I was a baby.[↗](../../ever/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We hardly ever eat sweets.[↗](../../ever/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you ever so much (UK).[↗](../../ever/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody ever told me that.[↗](../../ever/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Is it ever safe to swim alone?[↗](../../ever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") No.[↗](../../ever/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Marusia returned home sadder than ever.[↗](../../ever/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.[↗](../../ever/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.15.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It is a due for ever throughout their generations.[↗](../../ever/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.[↗](../../ever/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Will He bear grudge for ever?[↗](../../ever/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.[↗](../../ever/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Is His mercy clean gone for ever?[↗](../../ever/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ever/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **evergreen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An evergreen tree or plant keeps green leaves all year round.[↗](../../evergreen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) An evergreen is a tree or bush like a pine, holly or fir.[↗](../../evergreen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Evergreen describes something that stays popular for a long time: an evergreen song.[↗](../../evergreen/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pine trees are evergreen.[↗](../../evergreen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Holly is an evergreen bush with prickly leaves.[↗](../../evergreen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Deciduous trees lose their leaves, but evergreens keep theirs.[↗](../../evergreen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest stayed green even in winter because of the evergreens.[↗](../../evergreen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That old song is an evergreen.[↗](../../evergreen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Eucalyptus trees are evergreen.[↗](../../evergreen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He sorrowfully crowned his head with its leaves, and declared, that in memory of his love, it should henceforth remain evergreen, and be held sacred to him.[↗](../../evergreen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **everlasting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Everlasting means lasting for ever, never ending.[↗](../../everlasting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Everlasting can also mean going on far too long and boring: «his everlasting complaints».[↗](../../everlasting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church, Bible) In Christian prayers and the Bible, God and eternal life are called everlasting: «everlasting life».[↗](../../everlasting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An everlasting (noun) is a flower that keeps its shape and colour when dried.[↗](../../everlasting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* lasting forever, without any end.[↗](../../everlasting/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Christians believe that God's love is everlasting.[↗](../../everlasting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch cast a spell of everlasting winter.[↗](../../everlasting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the sweet was an everlasting gobstopper.[↗](../../everlasting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm tired of my sister's everlasting questions\![↗](../../everlasting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The hymn spoke of life everlasting.[↗](../../everlasting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing on Earth is truly everlasting.[↗](../../everlasting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum dried some everlastings for a vase.[↗](../../everlasting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting."[↗](../../everlasting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, (Torah DEU.33.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.[↗](../../everlasting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.21.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is from the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.[↗](../../everlasting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?'[↗](../../everlasting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.33.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy throne is established of old; Thou art from everlasting.[↗](../../everlasting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.93.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth.[↗](../../everlasting/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.142, JPS 1917)[↗](../../everlasting/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,[↗](../../everlasting/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.33.15, JPS 1917) · Dear me! what an everlasting pity\![↗](../../everlasting/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Tanglewood Tales) · 1) Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-existing, almighty, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an everlasting entity produced nonentities by a progression of effects.[↗](../../everlasting/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) **evermore** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Evermore means always, for all time to come.[↗](../../evermore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Fly about as a wren, henceforth and evermore!"[↗](../../evermore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She promised to be kind evermore.[↗](../../evermore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird would sing evermore.[↗](../../evermore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed be the LORD for evermore.[↗](../../evermore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evermore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is His promise come to an end for evermore?[↗](../../evermore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../evermore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.[↗](../../evermore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.92.9, JPS 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