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perpetually, adv.|pəˈpɛtjuːəlɪ|
[f. perpetual a. + -ly2.]
1. Everlastingly, eternally, for ever; in perpetuity; indefinitely, for the rest of one's life. arch.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1176 That thou and I be dampned to prison Perpetuelly. 1426Audelay Poems 25 Therfore damnyd schalt thou be, Into hel perpetually. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 10 The foreseid statute..shuld be in his force and virtue fro thens perpetuelly to endure. 1535Coverdale Ps. lxxvii. 69 There he buylded his temple on hye..that it might perpetually endure. 1580Sidney Ps. ix. v, He to all his judgments shall apply Perpetually. a1688Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Restoration Wks. (1775) 106 Can shame remain perpetually in me, And not in others?
2. Incessantly; persistently; continually, constantly; with constant recurrence.
c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Þo þat..bynden hem to kepe perpetuelly. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 2095 Oure habitacion chaungeth Fro ioy to peyne & woo perpetuelly. 1553Short Catech. in Lit. & Doc. Edw. VI (1844) 506 Yet is his Godhead perpetually present with us. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 62 He lived almost perpetually in the Camp. 1711Addison Spect. No. 105 ⁋6, I might likewise mention the Law-Pedant, that is perpetually putting Cases. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 127 Encroachments were perpetually committed. 1870Dickens E. Drood ii, Crisparkle..perpetually pitching himself head-foremost into all the deep running water. |