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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Continuance; endurance. Locke.

2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.

3. The act or process of shaping on a last.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

Synonyms: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

In a lasting manner.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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