Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Endless; everlasting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not dying; not subject to death; immortal; hence, unceasing; imperishable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal.
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- adjective
permanent ;never-ending ;infinite
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective never dying
Etymologies
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Examples
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Employees had agreed to continue working in what they called the undying traditions of professional radio services.
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By the time the spring thaw came, the six of them had formed what the doctor called an undying friendship.
The Clayborne Brides Julie Garwood 2010
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By the time the spring thaw came, the six of them had formed what the doctor called an undying friendship.
One White Rose Julie Garwood 2010
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I will hush ma mouth, especially as he complimented me on my phraseology as I recounted the horror of the unseen tentacles lurking behind the perfect faces of the fur-clad trophy wives who were climbing a hill from which they would call the undying from the deep.
Hey hey hey jinty 2007
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"So be it, then, if he will have it so," replied the soldier, with a light laugh, when this was reported to him; but his wife turned pale and trembled as she recalled the undying hate expressed by Mahng's scowling face.
At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear Kirk Munroe 1890
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Let me find that which is changeless, which is deathless, which is without sorrow, which is unborn and undying, that is a true refuge.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sharon Salzberg 2012
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"I guess it's a story about coping with the notion of undying love, and what that does to a person," said Sarnoski, who sees the zombie as a "mythical building block," a creature that can change its attributes and features.
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This is a reflection of the fact that the 'Ideology of Pakistan', indeed the very rationale for the creation and continued existence of the state of Pakistan, is premised on the notion of undying and perpetual hatred of and opposition to India.
Countercurrents.org 2009
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This is a reflection of the fact that the 'Ideology of Pakistan', indeed the very rationale for the creation and continued existence of the state of Pakistan, is premised on the notion of undying and perpetual hatred of and opposition to India.
Countercurrents.org 2009
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Extra points if your character DOESN'T want to die rather than living ( 'undying') with a disability.
Archive 2007-10-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2007
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