perpetual Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite continuing forever or indefinitely
    unending; unceasing; eternal; ageless; eonian; everlasting; aeonian.
    • the ageless themes of love and revenge
    • eternal truths
    • life everlasting
    • hell's perpetual fires
    • the unending bliss of heaven
  2. adjective satellite uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
    ceaseless; constant; unceasing; never-ending; incessant; unremitting.
    • the ceaseless thunder of surf
    • in constant pain
    • night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city
    • the never-ending search for happiness
    • the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy
    • man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation
    • unremitting demands of hunger

WordNet

Per*pet"u*al adjective
Etymology
OE. perpetuel, F. perpétuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.
Definitions
  1. Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
    Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak.
    Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton.
    Syn. -- Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant.

Webster 1913