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everduring

everduring adjective: everlasting.

Adjective

everduring (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Everlasting.
    • Now curſed Humber haſt thou payd thy due, / For thy deceits and craftie trecheries, / For all thy guiles, and damned ſtratagems, / With loſſe of life, and euerduring ſhame.c. 1580s–1590s, [possibly Robert Greene, formerly attributed to William Shakespeare], The Lamentable Tragedie of Locrine, […], London: […] Thomas Creede, published 1595, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii
    • But cloud in stead, and ever-during dark / Surrounds me […].1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Origin of everduring

From ever + dure + -ing.

Questions about everduring

What does everduring mean?
Everduring means everlasting.
What part of speech is everduring?
Everduring is an adjective.

Words near everduring in the dictionary

  1. everclear
  2. evercookie
  3. evercookies
  4. EverCrack
  5. Evercreech
  6. everduring
  7. evere
  8. Everest
  9. Everest syndrome
  10. Everested
  11. Everester

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