Everlasting /(?)/
Ever·last·ing
Everlasting
a.
- Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.
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Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.
I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession.
And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness.
Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius.
Phrases & Compounds
- Everlasting flower
- Same as Everlasting, n., 3.
- Everlasting pea
- an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.
Everlasting
n.
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Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.
- A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. (Bot.)
- A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.