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† perˈpetuous, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. perpetu-us perpetual + -ous. (Cf. rare ONF. perpetuweus in Godef.)]
= perpetual a. 1. Hence † perˈpetuously adv., perpetually.
1611Speed Theat. Gr. Brit. (1614) 123 Great pitie it is that so famous a worke should not be perpetuous. Ibid. 23 It deserved to be perpetuously memorable. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 71 A Conjunction which I wold ever call Copulativ, and make, if I could, perpetuously Consummativ. |