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ev⋅er⋅last⋅ing

  [ev-er-las-ting, -lah-sting]
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–adjective
1. lasting forever; eternal: everlasting future life.
2. lasting or continuing for an indefinitely long time: the everlasting hills.
3. incessant; constantly recurring: He is plagued by everlasting attacks of influenza.
4. wearisome; tedious: She tired of his everlasting puns.
–noun
5. eternal duration; eternity: What is the span of one life compared with the everlasting?
6. the Everlasting, God.
7. any of various plants that retain their shape or color when dried, as certain composite plants of the genera Helichrysum, Gnaphalium, and Helipterum.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see ever, lasting

Related forms:
ev⋅er⋅last⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
ev⋅er⋅last⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See eternal.

Antonyms:
1. transitory.
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ev·er·last·ing   (ěv'ər-lās'tĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Lasting forever; eternal.
    1. Continuing indefinitely or for a long period of time.
    2. Persisting too long; tedious: everlasting complaints.
n.  
  1. Everlasting God. Used with the.
  2. Eternal duration; eternity.
  3. Any of various plants, such as the strawflower or one of the genera Anaphalis or Gnaphalium, that retain form and color long after they are dry.
ev'er·last'ing·ly adv., ev'er·last'ing·ness n.
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Everlasting

Ever*last"ing\a. 1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." --Gen. xx1. 33.

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.

Syn: Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant.

Usage: - 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, n., 3.

Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : everlasting
Spanish: eterno, perpetuo,
German: immerwährend,
Japanese: 果てしない
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Everlasting

eternal, applied to God (Gen. 21:33; Deut. 33:27; Ps. 41:13; 90:2). We also read of the "everlasting hills" (Gen. 49:26); an "everlasting priesthood" (Ex. 40:15; Num. 25:13). (See ETERNAL.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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