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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.
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
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Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.
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{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}.
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Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;
constant; eternal. See {Constant}.
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