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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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Perpetual
PERPET’UAL, a. [L. perpetuus, from perpes, perpetis; per and pes, from a root signifying to pass.]
1. Never ceasing; continuing forever in future time; destined to be eternal; as a perpetual covenant; a perpetual statute.
[Literally true with respect to the decrees of the Supreme Being.]
2. Continuing or continued without intermission; uninterrupted; as a perpetual stream; the perpetual action of the heart and arteries.
3. Permanent; fixed; not temporary; as a perpetual law or edict; perpetual love or amity, perpetual incense. Exo 30.
4. Everlasting; endless.
Destructions are come to a perpetual end. Psa 9.
5. During the legal dispensation. Exo 29.
Perpetual curacy, is where all the tithes are appropriated and no vicarage is endowed.
Perpetual motion, motion that generates a power of continuing itself forever or indefinitely, by means of mechanism or some application of the force of gravity; not yet discovered,and probably impossible.
Perpetual screw, a screw that acts against the teeth of a wheel and continues its action without end.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Perpetual," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 19, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QJUWKXJCQKP84G.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Perpetual." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 19 Jul. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QJUWKXJCQKP84G.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Perpetual' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 19 July 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QJUWKXJCQKP84G.
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