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Definition of Everlasting
1. Adjective. Continuing forever or indefinitely. "The unending bliss of heaven"
Similar to: Lasting, Permanent
Derivative terms: Agelessness, Eon, Eternity, Everlastingness, Perpetuity
2. Noun. Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color.
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Generic synonyms: Composite, Composite Plant
Specialized synonyms: Acroclinium Roseum, Pink Paper Daisy, Pink-and-white Everlasting, Anaphalis Margaritacea, Cottonweed, Pearly Everlasting, Cudweed, Golden Everlasting, Helichrysum Bracteatum, Strawflower, Yellow Paper Daisy, Strawflower, Cascade Everlasting, Helichrysum Secundiflorum, Ozothamnus Secundiflorus, Helipterum Manglesii, Rhodanthe, Rhodanthe Manglesii, Swan River Everlasting, Immortelle, Xeranthemum Annuum
3. Adjective. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. "The unadulterated truth"
Similar to: Unmitigated
Definition of Everlasting
1. a. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.
2. n. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.
Definition of Everlasting
1. Adjective. Lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. ¹
2. Adjective. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; ''as'', "this everlasting nonsense". ¹
3. Adjective. (philosophy) existing with infinite temporal duration (as opposed to existence outside of time) ¹
4. Noun. An everlasting flower. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Everlasting
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Medical Definition of Everlasting
1. 1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." 2. 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." (Gen xvii. 8) "And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness." (Pope) Synonym: Eternal, immortal, interminable, endless, never-ending, infinite, unceasing, uninterrupted, continual, unintermitted, incessant. - Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. "Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius." (Shak) Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting. Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; so called because it is perennial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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