perpetuity
Roget category 112
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.1. Absolute time
#112.
[Endless duration.]
Perpetuity
noun
perpetuity,
eternity,
everness†,
aye,
sempiternity†,
immortality,
athanasia† —
interminability†,
agelessness†,
everlastingness
etc.
adj. —
perpetuation —
continued existence,
uninterrupted existence —
perennity† —
permanence
(durability)
110.
verb
last forever,
endure forever,
go on forever —
have no end.
eternize,
perpetuate.
adjective
perpetual,
eternal —
everduring†,
everlasting,
ever-living,
ever-flowing —
continual,
sempiternal† —
coeternal —
endless,
unending —
ceaseless,
incessant,
uninterrupted,
indesinent†,
unceasing —
endless,
unending,
interminable,
having no end —
unfading†,
evergreen,
amaranthine —
neverending†,
never-dying,
never-fading —
deathless,
immortal,
undying,
imperishable.
adverb
perpetually
etc.
adj. —
always,
ever,
evermore,
aye —
for ever,
for aye,
till the end of the universe,
forevermore,
forever and a day,
for ever and ever —
in all ages,
from age to age —
without end —
world without end,
time without end —
in secula seculorum [Lat.] —
to the end of time,
to the crack of doom,
to the 'last syllable of recorded time'"
[Macbeth];
till doomsday —
constantly
etc.
(very frequently)
136.
phrase
esto perpetuum [Lat.] —
labitur et labetur in omne volubilis oevum [Lat.]
[Horace];
but thou shall flourish in immortal youth"
[Addison];
Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought"
[Addison];
her immortal part with angels lives"
[Romeo and Juliet];
ohne Rast [G.],
[Goethe's motto];
ora e sempre [It].
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