incessantadj.
/ɪnˈsɛsənt/ 1.
a. That does not cease; unceasing, ceaseless, continual, either in duration or repetition.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous
endlessc888
perpetuala1382
unceasing1382
restless?c1425
biding1430
continual1462
remanent?a1475
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
never-ceasing1567
still1570
ceaseless1590
indesinent1601
unceasable1604
unintermissive1610
constant1653
jugial1654
tarrying1654
insuccessive1678
perpetuative1785
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 362/1 These menne..with their incessaunt searche fynde out false causes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 70 The incessant weepings of my wife. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxxviii. 70 And now four days the Sun had seen our woes, Four nights the Moon beheld th' incessant fire.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 41 An incessant Noise like that of a Water-Mill.
1852 M. Arnold Future vii Cities will crowd to its edge In a blacker incessanter line.
1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. v. 140 The pivots of all the prophetical teaching are the incessant inculcation of justice and mercy.
b. transferred. Of persons and things in reference to their action.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continually engaged in some action
continual1462
constant1639
continuando1691
incessant1749
chronic1861
1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. iv. 38 The rude Flint Yields to th' incessant Drop.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas l, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 45 The incessant hail with stony clash Ploughed up the waters.
1865 J. Bright Speeches Amer. Question 200 From that hour to this, not a few persons..have been incessant in their condemnation of the North.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective]
echec825
echelichc825
endlessc888
lastinga1225
everlastingc1225
perdurablec1275
perpetuala1325
unendeda1325
incorruptiblea1340
ay-lastingc1340
inlastingc1340
eternec1366
interminablec1374
unstanchablec1374
ever-duringa1382
eternalc1386
sempitern1390
never-failinga1400
sempiternal14..
ever-being?a1425
ever-durable?a1425
immarcescible?a1475
perennal?c1500
deathless1547
everlastable1548
incessant1557
unperishing1561
undeterminable1581
evera1586
unendlya1586
inexterminable1592
never-ending?1592
aeviternal1596
dateless1597
undecaying1599
entombless1601
perishless1605
ageless1609
continual1610
perpetuous1612
imperible1614
ne'er-endinga1616
out-date1623
undated1624
perennious1628
immortal1630
imperishable1648
birthless1651
fadeless1652
sempiternous1653
evergreen1655
intemporal1656
indefectible1659
inconclusible1660
unending1661
aeonian1664
unfading1665
sempervirent1668
amaranthal1674
ne'er-dying1693
perennial1717
timeless1742
indefeatablea1754
amaranthine1782
aeonial1800
unterminating1821
unevanescent1827
ay1845
forever1879
sempervirid1909
1557 F. Seager Schoole of Vertue in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 350 Eternall blisse where incessaunt ioie continually is.
1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 109v To thee, oh heauenlie father, be incessaunt honour and glorie.
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) vii. f. 26 Which doctrine surely is incessant or perpetuall to the church of Christ.
3. quasi-adv. Without intermission or pause; unceasingly.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb] > without cessation
fastlyOE
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
unceasinglyc1340
incessably1398
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
perpetuallyc1475
incessantly1481
uncessantlya1500
incessant1558
ceaselessly?1606
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
upon or on a stretch1689
at one or a stretch1774
unabatingly1793
at the stretch1867
never-ceasingly1869
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.iiij A swarme of bees beset the bows, Incessant thick with noise.
1703 N. Rowe Ulysses i. i. 314 Do they not..call Incessant on his tardy Vengeance?
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 125 The world's the ball: Doth rise and fall, And roll incessant.
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