Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Extremely durable; permanent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Lasting; continuing long; everlasting; imperishable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Archaic Very durable; lasting; continuing long.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective very durable; longlasting

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective very long lasting

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdūrāre, to endure : per-, per- + dūrāre, to last; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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From the Latin, via Old French and Old English; perdurare "to endure," from per- "throughout" + durare "to last"

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Examples

  • This is said perdurable, for it is made perdurable, that is, of Jesu Christ.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

  • Vehement for he gave dread of love, or for that he took away the sorrow perdurable, which is malediction; or for that that he bare the heart out of carnal love.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900

  • Publishing, too, is steady work, for there can be no end to the constant, perdurable need to instruct and to engage by art and entertainment the whole of society no less than every one.

    2009 November 15 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • Here is the set of ‘reasonably distinct, unequivocal and perdurable’ criteria, or determining principles, (the first four courtesy of Jonathan Culler), upon which Solway bases his judgments of poetry:

    Five ways to judge a Poem’s Merit 2009

  • Here is the set of ‘reasonably distinct, unequivocal and perdurable’ criteria, or determining principles, (the first four courtesy of Jonathan Culler), upon which Solway bases his judgments of poetry:

    2009 March 15 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • Publishing, too, is steady work, for there can be no end to the constant, perdurable need to instruct and to engage by art and entertainment the whole of society no less than every one.

    William Jovanovich defines Publishing 2009

  • Send us your gladiators with herpes, and your perdurable impetus.

    Blawg Review #228 : Law is Cool 2009

  • Certainly, we can make a very plausible argument that Mr. McCain has, when politically pressured, shown a proclivity to distort our Constitution in matters that have profound, perdurable implications.

    Challenging John McCain - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The strength of these exercises, which are a form of perdurable prayer, rests in the voices that accompany hers, children responding through the decades, syllable-crisp, a panpipe reply that is the lucid music of her life.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Later, Dauphin decries his side's broken ranks: O perdurable shame! let's stab ourselves.

    Shakespeare on Games 2008

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