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  • 121world without end — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Endlessly; forever; eternally. * /Each human being has to die, but mankind goes on world without end./ …

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  • 122world without end — {adv. phr.}, {literary} Endlessly; forever; eternally. * /Each human being has to die, but mankind goes on world without end./ …

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  • 123Ad infinitum — Ad in fi*ni tum [L., to infinity.] Without limit; endlessly. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 124Forever — For*ev er (f[o^]r*[e^]v [ e]r), adv. [For, prep. + ever.] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally. [1913 Webster] 2. At all times; always. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate… …

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  • 125Forever and ever — Forever For*ev er (f[o^]r*[e^]v [ e]r), adv. [For, prep. + ever.] 1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally. [1913 Webster] 2. At all times; always. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two… …

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  • 126endless — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. being or seeming to be without end < an endless speech > 2. extremely numerous < all the multiplied, endless, nameless iniquities Edmund Burke > 3. joined at the ends < an endless chain > • endlessly adverb&#8230; …

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  • 127inveterate — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inveteratus, from past participle of inveterare to age (v.t.), from in + veter , vetus old more at wether Date: 14th century 1. firmly established by long persistence < the inveterate tendency to&#8230; …

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  • 128lie — I. intransitive verb (lay; lain; lying) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; akin to Old High German ligen to lie, Latin lectus bed, Greek lechos Date: before 12th century 1. a. to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position ;&#8230; …

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