Perpetual

Definition: Perpetual

Perpetual

Adjective

1. Continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven".

2. Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger".

3. Occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints".

Date "perpetual" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Perpetual

Synonyms: ageless (adj), ceaseless (adj), constant (adj), endless (adj), eternal (adj), everlasting (adj), incessant (adj), never-ending (adj), unceasing (adj), unending (adj), unremitting (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Clergy	Dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch, hierarch; ebdomarius; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher.
Desire	Interjection: would that, would that it were! O for! esto perpetual
Diuturnity	Adjective: durable; lasting; Verb: of long duration, of long-standing; permanent, endless, chronic, long-standing; intransient, intransitive; intransmutable, persistent; lifelong, livelong; longeval, long-lived, macrobiotic, diuturnal, evergreen, perennial; sempervirent, sempervirid; unrelenting, unintermitting, unremitting; perpetual.
Frequency	Adjective: frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick; uniform; repeated; customary; (habit); regular (normal); according to rule; (conformable).
Government	Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal.
Infinity	Adjective: infinite; immense; numberless, countless, sumless, measureless; innumerable, immeasurable, incalculable, illimitable, inexhaustible, interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable; exhaustless, indefinite; without number, without measure, without limit, without end; incomprehensible; limitless, endless, boundless, termless; untold, unnumbered, unmeasured, unbounded, unlimited; illimited; perpetual.
Instantaneity	Calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year.
Perpetuity	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.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	No biblical hell could ever be worse than this state of perpetual inconsequence (Dangerous Beauty; writing credit: Jeannine Dominy)
Lyrics	You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, (UP AROUND THE BEND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) It’s perpetual bliss ("This Kiss"; performing artist: Faith Hill) It's perpetual bliss (This Kiss; performing artist: Faith Hill) All this perpetual motion (You Make Me Feel Like Dancing; performing artist: LEO SAYER)
Movie/TV Titles	Perpetual Motion Machine (1973) The Perpetual Life of Jim Albers (2003) Perpetual Motion (1992)
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Domain	Title
References	Perpetual European Investment Trust P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle (reference) Perpetual Motivation (reference) Perpetual Peace, and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals (reference) Perpetual Peace: Essays on Kant's Cosmopolitan Ideal (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) (reference) Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Biography:Marilu Henner - Perpetual (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Perpetual Burn (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	The perpetual adoration of Grover. Credit: Library of Congress.		Man and beast toiling in perpetual night--hauling coal to the shaft, M. & C. bituminous mines, Decatur, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Perpetual Building Association, 11th & E St. Exterior of Perpetual Building Association. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Arthur Schopenhauer.	Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
Catullus	Suns may rise and set; we, when our short day has closed, must sleep on during one perpetual night.
Henry David Thoreau	To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Jean Jacques Rousseau	Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.
John Stuart Mill	The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
Ludwig B(tm)rne	Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.
Oscar Wilde	The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.
William Wordsworth	The thought of our past years in me doth breed perpetual benedictions.
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	Every one is born a subject to his father, or his prince, and is therefore under the perpetual tie of subjection and allegiance. (Second Treatise of Government)
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Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	She must have been a perpetual enemy
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Douglas Adams	Makes you wonder what culinary heights the kitchen staff could rise to if you confined them to perpetual darkness
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Perpetual motion was in his little arms, and perpetual clamour in his little lungs
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	But it was decreed by fortune, my perpetual enemy, that so great a felicity should not fall to my share
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Luxembourg	In 1867, Luxembourg was recognized as independent and guaranteed perpetual neutrality. (references)
	Hong Kong	Britain was granted a perpetual lease on the Kowloon Peninsula under the 1860 Convention of Beijing, which formally ended hostilities in the Second Opium War (1856-58). The United Kingdom, concerned that Hong Kong could not be defended unless surrounding areas were also under British control, executed a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898, significantly expanding the size of the Hong Kong colony. (references)
	Bahrain	Since the late 18th century, Bahrain has been governed by the Al Khalifa family, which created close ties to Britain by signing the General Treaty of Peace in 1820. A binding treaty of protection, known as the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship, was concluded in 1861 and further revised in 1892 and 1951. This treaty was similar to those entered into by the British Government with the other Persian Gulf principalities. (references)
Human Rights	Morocco	The book described Marzouki's ordeal, including the cruelty of the guards, torture, solitary confinement, and the perpetual darkness. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Perpetual negotiations, diplomatic half-measures, or land for peace deals will not bring peace to the Middle East.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
James Madison	1809-1817	In the terms stipulated the rights and honor of the United States were particularly consulted by a perpetual relinquishment on the part of the Dey of all pretensions to tribute from them.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	But for this purpose it is presumed that a tariff of high duties, designed for perpetual protection, which they maintain has the effect to reduce the price by domestic competition below that of the foreign article.
James K. Polk	1845-1849	Upon the same principle that they would refuse to form a perpetual union with Texas because of her local institutions our forefathers would have been prevented from forming our present Union.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	On the contrary, it would lift us out of a potentially perpetual state of housing emergency.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Perpetual" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Perpetual" is used about 507 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	97.44%	494	12,153
Noun (proper)	2.56%	13	97,576
Total	100.00%	507	N/A

Country	Name	Country	Name
Australia	Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited	United Kingdom	Perpetual European Investment Trust P.L.C.
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Expressions using "perpetual": Circle of perpetual apparition ♦ Circle of perpetual occultation ♦ Endless or perpetual ♦ perpetual annuity ♦ perpetual bond ♦ perpetual calendar ♦ perpetual candidate ♦ perpetual curacy ♦ perpetual curate ♦ perpetual debenture ♦ perpetual debt ♦ perpetual frost climate ♦ perpetual fugues ♦ perpetual insurance ♦ perpetual inventory ♦ perpetual inventory method ♦ perpetual lever ♦ perpetual machine ♦ perpetual moaner ♦ perpetual motion ♦ perpetual motion machine ♦ perpetual screw ♦ perpetual transfer ♦ perpetual warrants. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "perpetual": perpetual-motion.
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Language		Translations for "perpetual"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		altyddurend (endless, eternal, everlasting). (various references)

Albanian		i vazhdueshëm (ceaseless, chronic, constant, continual, continued, continuous, endless, frequent, incessant, lingering, niggling, non-stop, perennial, permanent, persistent, regular, running, steady, unbroken, uninterrupted), i pandërprerë (ceaseless, continual, continuous, entire, incessant, inseverable, solid, sustained, unceasing, uniform, uninterrupted, unremitting), i përjetshëm (eternal, everlasting, lifelong, perdurable, perennial, timeless, uncaused, undying, wakeless), i përhershëm (chronic, confirmed, constant, eternal, everlasting, fadeless, immortal, immutable, lasting, perdurable, perennial, permanent, persistent, sempiternal, settled). (various references)

Arabic		‏أبدي (endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indestructible, timeless, undying, unending), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, settled, solid, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, substantive, unfailing, unmoved), ‏دائم الازهار, ‏دائم (abiding, biennial, ceaseless, constant, everlasting, frequent, lasting, lingering, permanent, quinquennial, regular, standing, substantive, unfailing). (various references)

Bulgarian		вечен (constant, continual, endless, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, incessant, indissoluble, interminable, never ending, perdurable, perennial, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading, unperishing), непрекъснат (continual, continuous, everlasting, incessant, permanent, running, solid, sustained, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), многогодишен (veteran), безспирен, безкраен (dateless, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, infinite, measureless, never ending, spaceless, termless, timeless, unbounded, unending, unmeasured), безконечен (endless, interminable, never ending), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), доживотен (life, lifelong). (various references)

Chinese		永久 (Permanent), 永 (always, forever). (various references)

Czech		vìèný (enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, sempiternal, timeless), ustavièný (ceaseless, constant, continual, incessant, unceasing, unremitting), trvalý (abiding, constant, enduring, everlasting, lasting, perennial, permanent, persistent, retentive), neustálý (constant, continual, eternal, habitual, incessant, steady, uninterrupted). (various references)

Danish		perpetual warrants (perpetual warrants), perpetuelt indeks-metode (Perpetual Index), arveforpagtning (building lease, leasehold, long lease, long-term lease, perpetual lease), arveforpagtningskontrakt (building lease, leasehold, long lease, long-term lease, perpetual lease), evig-frost-klima (perpetual frost climate), evighedskalender (calendar of the perpetual type), Immerbaer (perpetual fruiting strawberry), arvefæsteoverenskomst (building lease, leasehold, long lease, long-term lease, perpetual lease), metode med varige kontrakter (Perpetual Contract), warrants uden udløbsdato (perpetual warrants), remonterende (perpetual flowering, remontant), uamortisabel obligation (irredeemable bond, irredeemable debenture, perpetual bond, perpetual debenture, undated bond), uamortisable lån (undated or perpetual bonds), uopsigelig obligation (irredeemable bond, irredeemable debenture, perpetual bond, perpetual debenture, undated bond), varig forsikring (perpetual insurance), metode med perpetuelt indeks (Perpetual Index). (various references)

Dutch		voortdurend (abiding, constant, constantly, continually, continuous, continuously, eternal, everlasting, lasting, sustained, unceasing), eeuwigdurend (eternal, everlasting), eeuwig (eternal, everlasting, for ever, forever), altýddurend (endless, eternal, everlasting). (various references)

Faeroese		áhaldandi (all the time, ceaselessly, constant, continual, eternal, everlasting, permanent, sustained). (various references)

Farsi		مدام (Unremitting), همیشگی (Continual, Eternal, Habitual, Perennial, Usual), ابدی (Eternal, Everlasting, Immortal, Perennial, Permanent, Uncreated). (various references)

Finnish		ikuinen (eternal, everlasting, permanent), alituinen (continual, continuous, incessant), alinomainen (continual), ainainen (constant, continual). (various references)

French		perpétuel (perennial, permanent). (various references)

German		fortwährend (all the time, always, ceaselessly, constant, continual, ever, for ever, forever, incessant, incessantly), ewig (eternal, eternally, everlasting, forever, immortal, imperishably, interminably, timeless, undying, unending). (various references)

Greek		παντοτινός (always, eternal), ενδελεχής (assiduous), αέναοσ, αιώνιοσ (agelong, eternal, everlasting, forever, sempiternal, timeless, undying), διαρκήσ (abiding, constant, durable, enduring, lasting, permanent, standing). (various references)

Hebrew		מתמיד (abiding, dilligent, enduring, hourly, industrious, lasting, permanent, persistent, sedulous, studious, unremitting), צמית (everlasting, permanent), נצחי (deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, timeless, undying, unending). (various references)

Hungarian		folytonos (constant, continual, incessant, non-stop, permanent, successive, uninterrupted), örökös (allodial, alodial, continual, eternal, everlasting, heir, hereditary, heritor, inheritor, successor), állandó (caducous, client, constant, continual, continuous, editorial staff, everlasting, fixed, have a general invitation, immobile, immutable, invariable, invariant, permanent, repertoire piece, stable, standing, staple, stationary, steady, stock, unvarying). (various references)

Indonesian		terus menerus (continual, on and on, unceasing), abadi (abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, perennial). (various references)

Italian		perpetuo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		恒久的 (lasting, permanent). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		こうきゅうてき (lasting, permanent). (various references)

Korean		끊임없는 (Continuous, incessant). (various references)

Manx		sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, ever, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanent, permanently, perpetually, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying, unending), gyn scuirr (ceaseless, continuous, endless, everlasting, everlastingly, non-stop). (various references)

Pig Latin		erpetualpay.(various references)

Portuguese		perpétuo (age-long, eternal, everlasting, lifelong, perennial), permanente (abiding, consolidated, constant, continual, everlasting, indelible, lasting, perdurable, perennial, perm, permanent, persistent, pucka, pukka, standing, sustained), vitalício (lifelong), sem fim (borderless, dateless, measureless, never-ending, spaceless, termless, timeless, unending), eterno (ageless, eternal, everlasting, perdurable, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unending), contínuo (attendant, constant, continual, continue, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, lasting, never-ceasing, ongoing, permanent, persistent, progressive, round, running, runny, sequential, solid, straight, sustained, thru, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Romanian		perpetuu (immortally, perpetually), permanent (abiding, fixed, immanent, lastingly, perennial, perm, permanent, permanent wave, permanently, standing, steady), pe viaţã (for life), veşnic (always, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, inextinguishable, livelong, never-dying, perdurable, perennial, perennially, perpetually, sempiternal, unceasing), interminabil (endless, interminable, never ending), frecvent (frequent, frequently, hourly, often, rife), continuu (ceaseless, continual, continually, continuous, continuously, hourly, incessant, running, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting). (various references)

Russian		непрерывный (ceaseless, contiguous, continual, continued, continuous, incessant, indiscrete, on-the-fly, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted), бессрочный (termless), постоянный (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, eternal, hard, hourly, immanent, in ordinary, invariable, invariant, perdurable, perm, permanent, persistent, regular, settled, stationary, uniform, unvarying), пожизненный (lifelong). (various references)

Scottish		sìor (ever, long). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		večit (eternal, everlasting, perdurable, perennial, sempiternal, unbegun). (various references)

Spanish		perpetuo (constantly, enduring, everlasting, irredeemable), eterno (ageless, eternal, everlasting, timeless, undying), continuo (abiding, chronic, constant, continual, continuous, direct, lasting, nagging, non-stop, permanent, persistent, rolling, steady, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Swedish		ständig (continual, eternal, everlasting, hourly, incessant, invariable, perennial, permanent, persistent), oupphörlig (ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, incessant, lasting, sustained, unceasing), beständig (constant, persistent, resistant, steady). (various references)

Turkish		sürekli (abiding, assiduous, chronic, consistent, consistently, constant, continual, continuous, continuum, durable, enduring, everlasting, habitual, hourly, imprescriptible, incessant, invariable, lasting, non-stop, perennial, permanent, persistent, running, secular, settled, standing, steady, sustained, unabating, unceasing, unremitting), ebedi (amaranthine, endless, eternal, everlasting, fadeless, immortal, never ending, perdurable, sempiternal, timeless, without end), daimi (constant, endless, imprescriptible, indissoluble, invariable, perdurable, permanent, standing), aralıksız çalışan, aralıksız (continued, continuous, incessant, non-stop, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, without a respite, without interruption, without space), ömür boyu görevde kalan. (various references)

Ukrainian		вічний (ageless, dateless, eternal, everlasting, perdurable, sempiternal, timeless, unending), безстроковий (open ended), безконечний (never ending), безперервний (ceaseless, continual, continued, continuous, entire, incessant, never ending, never-ceasing, ongoing, unceasing, uninterrupted). (various references)

Vietnamese		vĩnh viễn (ageless, agelong, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, forever, indefeasible, perdurable, perennial), suốt (thro, through), bất diệt không ngừng suốt đời. (various references)

Welsh		par.haus (continual, lasting), par.haol (lasting), oesol (age-long, ancient), gwastadol (abiding, continual), bythol (eternal, everlasting). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inmortalem, inmortali, inmortalis, iugis iuge, jugis, perennes, perennis, perpetua, perpetuae, perpetualis, perpetuo, perpetuum, perpetuus, sempiterna, sempiternae, sempiternam, sempiternas, sempiterni, sempiterno, sempiternum, sempiternus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eipen kurioV o qeoV proV nwe touto to shmeion thV diaqhkhV o egw didwmi ana meson emou kai umwn kai ana meson pashV yuchV zwshV h estin meq' umwn eiV geneaV aiwniouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Dixitque Deus hoc signum foederis quod do inter me et vos et ad omnem animam viventem quae est vobiscum in generationes sempiternas
Old English	990	West Saxon	"Ðis bið ðæt tacn mines weddes ðæt ic do betwux me ond eow ond eallum libbendum nytenum on ecum mægðum,
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And God seide, This signe of couenaunt of pees Y yeue bitwix me and you, and to al soule lyuynge that is with you, in to euerlastinge generaciouns.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And God sayd. This is the token of my bode which I make betwene me and yow ad betwene all lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:
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Language	Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 12
Cebuano	Ug miingon ang Dios: Kini mao ang timaan sa saad nga akong gitukod sa taliwala nako ug ninyo, ug sa tanan nga binuhat nga buhi nga anaa uban kaninyo, alang sa mga kaliwatan nga dayon:
Chinese	神說、我與你們、並你們這裡的各樣活物所立的永約、是有記號的。
Croatian	I reèe Bog: "A ovo znamen je Saveza koji stavljam izmeðu sebe i vas i svih živih biæa što su s vama, za naraštaje buduæe:
Danish	Fremdeles sagde Gud: "Dette er Tegnet på den Pagt, jeg til evige Tider opretter mellem mig og eder og hvert levende Væsen, som er hos eder:
Dutch	En God zeide: Dit is het teken des verbonds, dat Ik geef tussen Mij en tussen ulieden, en tussen alle levende ziel, die met u is, tot eeuwige geslachten.
Finnish	Ja Jumala sanoi: "Tämä on sen liiton merkki, jonka minä ikuisiksi ajoiksi teen itseni ja teidän ja kaikkien elävien olentojen välillä, jotka teidän luonanne ovat:
French	Et Dieu dit: C`est ici le signe de l`alliance que j`établis entre moi et vous, et tous les êtres vivants qui sont avec vous, pour les générations à toujours:
German	Und Gott sprach: Das ist das Zeichen des Bundes, den ich gemacht habe zwischen mir und euch und allen lebendigen Seelen bei euch hinfort ewiglich:
Hungarian	És monda az Isten: Ez a jele a szövetségnek, melyet én örök idõkre szerzek közöttem és ti köztetek, és minden élõ állat között, mely ti veletek van:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebagai tanda perjanjian kekal, yang Kubuat dengan kamu dan dengan segala makhluk yang hidup,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka firman Allah: Bahwa inilah tanda perjanjian-Ku, yang Kuperbuat diantara-Ku dengan kamu dan dengan segala kejadian hidup, yang sertamu, turun-temurun sampai selama-lamanya:
Italian	Dio disse: che io pongo tra me e voi e tra ogni essere vivente che è con voi per le generazioni eterne.
Maori	¶ Ka mea te Atua, Ko te tohu tenei o te kawenata, e whakatakotoria nei e ahau ki waenganui oku, o koutou tae atu ki nga mea ora katoa i a koutou, mo nga whakatupuranga mutungakore:
Norwegian	Og Gud sa: Dette er tegnet på den pakt som jeg gjør mellem mig og eder og alt levende som er hos eder, til evige tider:
Rumanian	Wi Dumnezeu a zis: ,,Iatq semnul legqmkntului pe care -l fac kntre Mine wi voi, wi kntre toate vieyuitoarele cari sknt cu voi, pentru toate neamurile de oameni kn veci:
Spanish	Y dijo Dios: "Ésta será la señal del pacto que establezco entre yo y vosotros, y todo ser viviente que está con vosotros, por generaciones, para siempre:
Swedish	Och Gud sade: "Detta skall vara tecknet till det förbund som jag gör mellan mig och eder, jämte alla levande varelser hos eder, för eviga tider:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "perpetual": perpetually. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Perpetual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: geopetal, peripeteia, Perpaduan, perpectual, Perpeduan, perpeptual, perpertual, perpetu, perpetua, perpetuals, Perpetue, perpetuel, perpetuial, perpetuo, perpetuum, perpitual, perptual. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "perpetual" (pronounced perpe"khuwul)
4	-kh uw u l	ineffectual, conceptual, contractual, eventual, factual, habitual, intellectual, parimutuel, ritual, virtual.
3	-uw u l	annual, audiovisual, biannual, bisexual, consensual, continual, gradual, manual, menstrual, residual, sexual, transsexual.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-p-p-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: epaulet, petrale, pleater, pleurae, prelate, pretape, replate, upleapt.
	-3 letters: elater, eluate, lapper, lappet, leaper, palter, papule, pauper, peepul, pelter, petrel, plater, pleura, pulper, pupate, purple, rappee, rappel, relate, repeal, repeat, repute, retape, tapper, upleap, uprate, uptear.
	-4 letters: alert, alter, appel, apple, apter, arete, artel, eater, elate, elute, erupt, etape, laree, later, leapt, leper.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-p-p-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: perceptual, repopulate.
	+2 letters: perpetually, prepubertal, purpleheart, repopulated, repopulates.
	+3 letters: overpopulate, perceptually, purplehearts.
	+4 letters: overpopulated, overpopulates, supplementary.
	+5 letters: superspectacle, underpopulated.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
perpetual calendar	618	invesco perpetual	13
perpetual preschool	204	perpetual technology	12
perpetual motion	138	board motion perpetual	11
our lady of perpetual help	60	magnet motion perpetual	10
groove perpetual	54	seiko perpetual	10
perpetual	52	engine hype perpetual	10
a perpetual motion machine	49	oyster perpetual date	10
diamond oyster perpetual rolex watch womens	36	wooden perpetual calendar	9
rolex oyster perpetual	35	seiko perpetual calendar	8
perpetual preschool.com	27	panel perpetual	8
navigation perpetual	23	perpetual trophy	8
help lady our perpetual school	23	help perpetual	7
perpetual plaque	19	perpetual calendar watch	7
adoration perpetual	17	constellation omega perpetual	7
perpetual inventory	16	rolex oyster perpetual date	7
rolex oyster perpetual datejust	16	kant peace perpetual towards	7
help mother perpetual	16	rolex oyster perpetual day date	7
oyster perpetual	16	daydate oyster perpetual	7
indulgence perpetual sister	14	education fund perpetual	7
calendar online perpetual	14	perpetual traveler	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Perpetual

Definition: Perpetual

Perpetual

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Eternity

Synonyms: Perpetual

Synonyms within Context: Perpetual

Clergy

Desire

Diuturnity

Frequency

Government

Infinity

Instantaneity

Perpetuity

Crosswords: Perpetual

Modern Usage: Perpetual

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Perpetual

References

Books

Theater & Movies

Music

Photo Album: Perpetual

Digital Photo Gallery: Perpetual

Familiar Quotations: Perpetual

Arthur Schopenhauer.

Catullus

Henry David Thoreau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

John Stuart Mill

Ludwig B(tm)rne

Oscar Wilde

Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Wordsworth

Historic Usage: Perpetual

John Locke

Use in Literature: Perpetual

Emma

Austen, Jane

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Perpetual

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Perpetual

Rush Limbaugh

Speeches: Perpetual

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Andrew Jackson

James K. Polk

Harry S. Truman

Usage Frequency: Perpetual

Usage in Company Names: Perpetual

Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited

Perpetual European Investment Trust P.L.C.

Expressions: Perpetual

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Perpetual

Modern Translation: Perpetual

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