everlastinga.1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal.(Gen. xx1. 33.)2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.()I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. (Gen xvii. 8.)And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness. (Pope.)()Whether we shall meet again I know not;
Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. (Shak.)Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. -- Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.()n.1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity.()From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Ps. xc. 2.)2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.()3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc.()4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting.()