Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Never again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Never again; at no future time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Never again; at no time hereafter.
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- adverb
Never again .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at no time hereafter
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Examples
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In the poem The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, for example, the word nevermore is a motif appearing at the end of each stanza.
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In "The Raven" the raven tells the man he will see Lenore "nevermore".
The Annotated "Uncle John's Band" Robert Hunter 1968
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“No, but I am profoundly moved by the sad beauty of it; and by the fact that perhaps Poe got his refrain of 'nevermore' for his Raven as a reminiscence from it.”
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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"No, but I am profoundly moved by the sad beauty of it; and by the fact that perhaps Poe got his refrain of 'nevermore' for his _Raven_ as a reminiscence from it."
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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The effect was irresistible; and as the final "nevermore" was solemnly uttered the half-suppressed titter of two very young persons in a corner was responded to by a general laugh.
Stories of Authors, British and American Edwin Watts Chubb 1912
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Thus the word "nevermore," a gloomy, terrible word, comes into his mind, and he proceeds to brood over it.
Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909
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The end; that last dreadful piece of news which would write "nevermore" across his life and hers.
The Unbearable Bassington 1870-1916 Saki 1893
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In his _Philosophy of Composition_ he described how his best known poem, the _Raven_, was systematically built up on a preconceived plan in which the number of lines was first determined and the word "nevermore" selected as a starting point.
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Composition_ he described how his best-known poem, the _Raven_, was systematically built up on a preconceived plan in which the number of lines was first determined and the word "nevermore" selected as a starting-point.
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The dread "nevermore," that Edgar Poe could not drive from his heart and sight, was oppressing her.
karmicunderpath commented on the word nevermore
quoth the raven, 'nevermore'.
August 21, 2007