different between forevermore vs evermore

English

Etymology

Blend of forever +? evermore.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f????v.?.m??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f?????v.?.m???/

Adverb

forevermore (not comparable)

1. At any or all times in the future; forever
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. I, Phenomena

     Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore.

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for evermore is the usual form. In Canada and the United States, generally only forevermore is used.

Synonyms

• for evermore, eternally, forever, in perpetuity

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever +? -more.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v??m??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??m??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: m?r, IPA^(key): /??v??mo(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??v??mo?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Hyphenation: ev?er?more

Adverb

evermore (not comparable)

1. Always; forever; eternally.
   • c. 1845-46, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, If Thou Must Love Me^[1]:

     […] But love me for love's sake, that evermore / Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.

2. At any time in the future.
   • 1601, Pliny the Elder, Philemon Holland (translator), Natural History:

     Note by the way, that if honey be despumed, that is to say, skummed and clarified, it is evermore the better for any use.

Related terms

• for evermore, forevermore

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