changelessadj.

1575 P. Beverley Hist. Ariodanto & Ieneura (new ed.) sig. H.iiii Lest his brother mought perceiue his changeles will to die.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xxxvii. 168 Vnto the Cuckooe..she Adiudg'd a Spring-times changeles Note.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) lxxvii. 101 O changelesse fate, direct mee to the end.

1645 Bottle of Holy Tears v. 21 Lord thou dost remaine the same for ever, Immutable and changelesse altogether.

a1721 J. Sheffield Poems Several Occasions (1752) 18 Then shall my hand, as changeless as my mind, From your glad eyes a kindly welcome find.

1771 E. Fell Fables, Odes & Misc. Poems 106 The glorious sun.., Obeying still the changeless laws, Of him who guides our ways.

1834 Ann. Biogr. & Obit. XVIII. 242 His changeless fidelity to his former associations.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 101 God alone is changeless.

1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey (U.S. ed.) ii. i. 121 He gazed with a certain impatience at that changeless old fellow, sitting in his swivel-chair.

1961 G. Schmitt Rembrandt ix. 522 This changeless isolation, this voiceless quiet, this rest that was a foretaste of the rest he would know in his grave.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 July 2 Today, the Queen Mother appears as changeless and curiously timeless as ever.

1825 Kaleidoscope 3 May 372/1 As firm as ever heart can be, Fervent and pure and changelessly It beats for thee.

1910 Times 21 Mar. 6/1 The axis round which the policy of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy changelessly revolves.

2003 New Scientist 22 Nov. 34/2 Will the universe go on changelessly, even though we are no longer around to observe it?

1840 W. E. Gladstone Church Princ. Considered vii. 361 The doctrines of infallibility and changelessness.

1930 D. Mackail Square Circle (1931) vii. 237 Life, thought Mrs Bristow,..was a queer, cruel affair, with its perpetual change and inexhaustible changelessness.

2001 Y. M. Graham Real Mrs Miniver (2002) xvi. 277 The evening sight of the laid breakfast tables was a torment for the residents: it signified the changelessness of their mental states.