"ever after" meaning in English

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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "happily ever after"
        },
        {
          "word": "happy ever after"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights",
          "text": "I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.",
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          "text": "1992, Basic Instinct, written by Joe Eszterhas, Catherine and Nick played by (respectively) Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas\nCatherine: What do we do now, Nick?\nNick: Fuck like minks, raise rug rats, live happily ever after.\nCatherine: I hate rug rats.\nNick: Fuck like minks, forget the rug rats, and live happily ever after."
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        "forever, for eternity"
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        "(idiomatic) forever, for eternity"
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          "word": "forever"
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  "word": "ever after"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "happily ever after"
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    {
      "word": "happy ever after"
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        },
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          "text": "1992, Basic Instinct, written by Joe Eszterhas, Catherine and Nick played by (respectively) Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas\nCatherine: What do we do now, Nick?\nNick: Fuck like minks, raise rug rats, live happily ever after.\nCatherine: I hate rug rats.\nNick: Fuck like minks, forget the rug rats, and live happily ever after."
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        "forever, for eternity"
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        "(idiomatic) forever, for eternity"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forever"
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