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Accodring to Lewis concept of acids and bases, ether is

A

Acidic

B

Amphoteric

C

Neutral

D

Basic

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D
Ether is basic because lone pairs of electrons are present on oxygen atom, `R-overset(..)underset(..)O-R`.
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