'Perpetual' definitions:

Definition of 'perpetual'

From: WordNet
adjective
Continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing]
adjective
Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never- ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]

Definition of 'Perpetual'

From: GCIDE
  • Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.] Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. [1913 Webster]
  • Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Circle of perpetual apparition, or {Circle of perpetual 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'perpetual'

From: GCIDE
  • Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task, Taste.]
  • 1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. [1913 Webster]
  • A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
  • Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc. [1913 Webster] (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'perpetual'

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