Imperishable
[ɪm'perɪʃəb(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɛrɪʃəbl]
Definition
(a.) Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Indestructible, everlasting, unfading, eternal, perennial, immortal, never-ending.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PERISHABLE]
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Definition
adj. indestructible: everlasting.—ns. Imper′ishableness Imperishabil′ity.—adv. Imper′ishably.
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Examples
- Are you not aware, I said, that the soul of man is immortal and imperishable? Plato. The Republic.
- Hard, loud, vain and vulgar, her mind and body alike seemed brazen and imperishable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As t hey advanced in knowledge they looked to the stars for guidance, especially to the pole star and the imperishable star-group of the northern heavens. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Nature has such imperishable charms, such inextinguishable tenderness for me! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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