| a. | 1. | Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. | ||||||
| 2. | Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius.
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| n. | 1. | Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. | ||||||
| 2. | With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. | |||||||
| 3. | (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, | |||||||
| 4. | A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. | |||||||
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