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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 2, 2025, 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. 2 Jul. 2025. 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 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8QJUWKXJCQKP84G.
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