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Definition of perdurable - 3 dictionary results

per⋅dur⋅a⋅ble

  [per-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor-]
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–adjective
1. very durable; permanent; imperishable.
2. Theology. eternal; everlasting.
Origin:
1200–50; ME < LL perdūrābilis. See per-, dure 2 , -able

Related forms:
per⋅dur⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, per⋅dur⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
per⋅dur⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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per·du·ra·ble   (pər-dŏŏr'ə-bəl, -dyŏŏr'-)   
adj.  Extremely durable; permanent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdūrāre, to endure : per-, per- + dūrāre, to last; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.]
per·du'ra·bil'i·ty n., per·du'ra·bly adv.
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Perdurable

Per*dur"a*ble\, n. [Cf. F. perdurable, OE. pardurable. See Perdure.] Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] --Chaucer. Shak. -- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]
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