EVERL`ASTING, a. [ever and lasting.] Lasting or enduring for ever; eternal; existing or continuing without end; immortal. The everlasting God, or Jehovah. Gen.21.Everlasting fire; everlasting punishment. Matt.18.25.1. Perpetual; continuing indefinitely, or during the present state of things.I will give thee, and thy seed after thee, the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen.17.The everlasting hills or mountains. Genesis. Habakkuk.2. In popular usage, endless; continual; unintermitted; as, the family is disturbed with everlasting disputes.EVERL`ASTING, n. Eternity; eternal duration, past and future. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps.90.1. A plant, the Gnaphalium; also, the Xeranthenum.
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