'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- age-long,
- aged,
- ageless,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-inclusive,
- all-knowing,
- all-powerful,
- all-seeing,
- all-wise,
- almighty,
- ancient,
- antique,
- boundless,
- ceaseless,
- changeless,
- chattering,
- chronic,
- coeternal,
- constant,
- continual,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- countless,
- creating,
- creative,
- dateless,
- diuturnal,
- durable,
- endless,
- enduring,
- eternal,
- eternally the same,
- eterne,
- ever-being,
- ever-durable,
- ever-during,
- evergreen,
- everlasting,
- everliving,
- exhaustless,
- extending everywhere,
- firm,
- fixed,
- frozen,
- glorious,
- good,
- hallowed,
- hardy,
- highest,
- holy,
- illimitable,
- illimited,
- immeasurable,
- immemorial,
- immense,
- immobile,
- immortal,
- immutable,
- incalculable,
- incessant,
- incomprehensible,
- indestructible,
- inexhaustible,
- infinite,
- infinitely continuous,
- innumerable,
- intact,
- interminable,
- interminate,
- intransient,
- invariable,
- inveterate,
- inviolate,
- just,
- lasting,
- limitless,
- long-lasting,
- long-lived,
- long-standing,
- long-term,
- longeval,
- longevous,
- loving,
- luminous,
- machine gun,
- macrobiotic,
- majestic,
- making,
- measureless,
- merciful,
- never-ceasing,
- never-ending,
- no end of,
- nonstop,
- nonterminating,
- nonterminous,
- numinous,
- of long duration,
- of long standing,
- olamic,
- omnipotent,
- omnipresent,
- omniscient,
- one,
- oscillating,
- perdurable,
- perduring,
- perennial,
- permanent,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pulsating,
- quiescent,
- radiant,
- rapid,
- recurrent,
- regular,
- remaining,
- repeated,
- repetitive,
- rigid,
- sacred,
- sempervirent,
- sempiternal,
- shaping,
- shoreless,
- solid,
- sovereign,
- stable,
- staccato,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- stuttering,
- sumless,
- supreme,
- sustained,
- termless,
- timeless,
- torpid,
- tough,
- ubiquitous,
- unaltered,
- unbounded,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- uncircumscribed,
- undefined,
- undestroyed,
- undeviating,
- unending,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unfathomable,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- universal,
- unlimited,
- unmeasurable,
- unmeasured,
- unnumbered,
- unplumbed,
- unremitting,
- unshifting,
- unstopped,
- untold,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- vibrating,
- vital,
- without bound,
- without end,
- without limit,
- without measure,
- without number
Words containing 'Perpetual'
- Perpetuable,
- Perpetually,
- Perpetuance,
- Perpetuate,
- Perpetuated,
- Perpetuating,
- Perpetuation,
- Perpetuity,
- in perpetuity,
- Perpetual calendar,
- Perpetual curacy,
- Perpetual motion,
- Perpetual screw,
- perpetual fugues,
- perpetual lever,
- perpetual warrant,
- Circle of perpetual apparition,
- Circle of perpetual occultation,
- perpetual motion machine