Every

Every
This is a French locational name which derives from the town of Evreux in Normandy. Alternative surname spellings include Everie, Every, Everest, Everit Everex and Everix. The original name holders are believed to have been followers of the Conqueror in 1066 and recordings such as John Everie, a witness at St. Mary Whitechapel, Stepney in 1677, suggests a possible "second wave" of Huguenot immigration. Nevertheless, the name in its "modern" spellings has held its own for some four hundred years. The recordings include Thomas Everye baptised at Holy Trinity the Less, London in 1595 and William Every, a witness at Southill Church, Bedfordshire on July 25th 1599. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Every, which was dated April 12th 1591, married Elizabeth Ouzely at St. Dunstans, Stepney, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Every — Ev er*y, a. & a. pron. [OE. everich, everilk; AS. [=ae]fre ever + [ae]lc each. See {Ever}, {each}.] 1. All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • every — ► DETERMINER 1) used to refer to all the individual members of a set without exception. 2) used to indicate something happening at specified intervals: every thirty minutes. 3) all possible; the utmost: every effort was made. ● every bit as Cf.… …   English terms dictionary

  • every — [ev′rē] adj. [ME everiche < OE æfre ælc, lit., ever each] 1. each, individually and separately; each, and including all [every man among you] 2. the fullest possible; all that there could be [given every chance to do the job] 3. each group or… …   English World dictionary

  • every — early 13c., contraction of O.E. æfre ælc each of a group, lit. ever each (Chaucer s everich), from EACH (Cf. each) with EVER (Cf. ever) added for emphasis, as the word is still felt to need emphasis (Mod.Eng. every last ..., every single ..., etc …   Etymology dictionary

  • every — index collective Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • every — each, *all …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • every — [adj] each, all each one, whole, without exception; concept 531 Ant. none …   New thesaurus

  • every */*/*/ — UK [ˈevrɪ] / US determiner Summary: Every is generally used before a singular countable noun. The only exceptions are at Sense 2, where every can be used in phrases like every three hours , and at Sense 3. A noun subject that follows every is… …   English dictionary

  • every — ev|ery W1S1 [ˈevri] determiner [always followed by a singular C noun] [: Old English; Origin: Afre Alc ever each ] 1.) used to refer to all the people or things in a particular group or all the parts of something ▪ We looked carefully at every… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • every — [[t]e̱vri[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET sing n You use every to indicate that you are referring to all the members of a group or all the parts of something and not only some of them. Every village has a green, a church, a pub and a manor house... Record… …   English dictionary

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