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Perpetual

Perpetual Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Perpetual: ageless \| ceaseless \| constant \| continual \| continuous \| endless \| eternal \| everlasting \| incessant \| lasting \| never-ending \| permanent \| unceasing \| unending \| uninterrupted \| unremitting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Perpetual: abiding \| aged \| ageless \| age-long \| all-comprehensive \| all-inclusive \| all-knowing \| all-powerful \| all-seeing \| all-wise \| almighty \| ancient \| antique \| boundless \| ceaseless \| changeless \| chattering \| chronic \| coeternal \| constant \| continual \| continuing \| continuous \| countless \| creating \| creative \| dateless \| diuturnal \| durable \| endless \| enduring \| eternal \| eternally the same \| eterne \| ever-being \| ever-durable \| ever-during \| evergreen \| everlasting \| everliving \| exhaustless \| extending everywhere \| firm \| fixed \| frozen \| glorious \| good \| hallowed \| hardy \| highest \| holy \| illimitable \| illimited \| immeasurable \| immemorial \| immense \| immobile \| immortal \| immutable \| incalculable \| incessant \| incomprehensible \| indestructible \| inexhaustible \| infinite \| infinitely continuous \| innumerable \| intact \| interminable \| interminate \| intransient \| invariable \| inveterate \| inviolate \| just \| lasting \| limitless \| longeval \| longevous \| long-lasting \| long-lived \| long-standing \| long-term \| loving \| luminous \| machine gun \| macrobiotic \| majestic \| making \| measureless \| merciful \| never-ceasing \| never-ending \| no end of \| nonstop \| nonterminating \| nonterminous \| numinous \| of long duration \| of long standing \| olamic \| omnipotent \| omnipresent \| omniscient \| one \| oscillating \| perdurable \| perduring \| perennial \| permanent \| persistent \| persisting \| pulsating \| quiescent \| radiant \| rapid \| recurrent \| regular \| remaining \| repeated \| repetitive \| rigid \| sacred \| sempervirent \| sempiternal \| shaping \| shoreless \| solid \| sovereign \| stable \| staccato \| static \| stationary \| staying \| steadfast \| steady \| stuttering \| sumless \| supreme \| sustained \| termless \| timeless \| torpid \| tough \| ubiquitous \| unaltered \| unbounded \| unbroken \| unceasing \| unchangeable \| unchanged \| unchanging \| unchecked \| uncircumscribed \| undefined \| undestroyed \| undeviating \| unending \| unfading \| unfailing \| unfathomable \| unintermitted \| unintermittent \| unintermitting \| uninterrupted \| universal \| unlimited \| unmeasurable \| unmeasured \| unnumbered \| unplumbed \| unremitting \| unshifting \| unstopped \| untold \| unvaried \| unvarying \| vibrating \| vital \| without bound \| without end \| without limit \| without measure \| without number See Also \| Perpetual In Webster's Dictionary \Perpet"ual\, 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}.

Perpetual Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

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Perpetual In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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