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Definitions for: Perpetual
[adj] occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints"
[adj] uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
[adj] continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
Webster (1913) Definition: Per*pet"u*al, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel,
fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,
continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]
Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;
unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.
Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under
Circle.
Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be
adjusted for any month or year.
Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the
tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.
--Blackstone.
Perpetual motion. See under Motion.
Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw.
Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;
constant; eternal. See Constant.
Synonyms: ageless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, lasting, never-ending, permanent, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted, unremitting
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