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.
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