PERPETUAL

perpetual. Perpetual, a. continual, never ceasing, endless

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Per‐pet″u‐al (?), a. [[OE. perpetuel, F. perpétuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]] Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle. — Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. — Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. Blackstone. — Perpetual motion. See under Motion. — Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw. Syn. — Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant.