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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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Everlasting
Literary usage of Everlasting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"ters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake,
shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life," Matt. xlx. ..."
2. Spectator (The)by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1836)
"By this meant г member of the everlasting club never ... and continuation of the
everlasting club, I shoul here endeavour to say something of the manner and ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1888)
"Suddenly, in 1254, Paris was startled with the appearance of a book under the
title of " The everlasting Gospel"—a name derived from the Apocalypse—" And I ..."
4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"the false church that was got up since ; and to shew, that now the 1 everlasting
gospel was preached over the head of the whore, beast, false prophets, ..."
5. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"Already, in 1200, the spirit of life had abandoned the Old and New Testaments in
order to give place to the everlasting Gospel, ..."
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