ever (often contracted E'ER; obs. or arch. senses are)
1.
throughout all time, eternally,
‘for ever’ (freq.)
Tp. IV. i. 122
“Let me live here ,”
Mac. V. iii. 21
“Will cheer me ever or
disseat me now.”
2.
with “how” and “what” forming
indefinite relatives
Troil. III. iii. 96
“how dearly
parted,”
Oth. III. iii. 470
“What bloody business
ever.”