Definition of "never"

Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;

1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, Act I, scene ii, page 4

In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.

"I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla.

1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXI: A New Departure in Flavorings

Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey implicitly.

1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health: Sensible Rules for the Nurse

"You don't believe the Soviet Union is going to reduce its defense budget, do you?" Boggs asked.Premier Chou didn't wait for the translator to finish. "Never, never, never," he replied in perfect English.

1980, Gerald Ford, “Boyhood—and Beyond”, in A Time to Heal‎, New York: Berkley Books, page 95

There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.

1601 November 30, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I's Farewell Speech

"He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"

1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]

I never saw such an infatuated man.

1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation