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<hw><hw>Ev`er*ich*on"</hw>, <hw>Ev`er*ych*on"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>everich + oon</ets>, <ets>on</ets>, one. See <er>Every</er>, and <er>One</er>.]</ety> <def>Every one.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Everlasting</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ever*last"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal.</def> "The <i>Everlasting</i> God."

<i>Gen. xx1. 33.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; <as>as, this <ex>everlasting</ex> nonsence</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an <b>everlasting</b> possession. <i>Gen xvii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And heard thy <b>everlasting</b> yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant.</syn> <usage>- <er>Everlasting</er>, <er>Eternal</er>. <i>Eternal</i> denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; <i>everlasting</i> is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of <i>eternal</i>, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end.</usage>

<blockquote>Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our <b>everlasting</b> farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Everlasting flower</col>. <cd>Sane as <er>Everlasting</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</cd> -- <col>Everlasting pea</col>, <cd>an ornamental plant (<spn>Lathyrus latifolius</spn>) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.</cd></cs>

<h1>Enerlasting</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>En`er*last"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Eternal duration, past of future; eternity.</def>

<blockquote>From <b>everlasting</b> to <b>everlasting</b>, thou art God. <i>Ps. xc. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>(With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, <as>as the pearly <ex>everlasting</ex> (<spn>Anaphalis margaritacea</spn>), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See <er>Lasting</er>.</def>

<h1>Everlastingly</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*last"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an everlasting manner.</def>

<h1>Everlastingness</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*last"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.</def>

<h1>Everliving</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*liv"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Living always; immoral; eternal; <as>as, the <ex>everliving</ex> God</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Continual; incessant; unintermitted.</def>

<h1>Evermore</h1> <Xpage=517>

<hw>Ev`er*more"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with <i>for</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Seek the Lord . . . Seek his face <b>evermore</b>. <i>Ps. cv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And, behold, I am alive for <b>evermore</b>. <i>Rev. i. 18.</i></blockquote>