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Imperishable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPER'ISHABLE, a. Not subject to decay; not liable to perish; indestructible; enduring permanently; as an imperishable monument; imperishable renown.
Elegant discourses on virtue--will not supply the consolations of imperishable hope.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not perishable [ant: perishable]
2: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: abiding, enduring, imperishable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1585 1. not perishable or subject to decay 2. enduring or occurring forever <imperishable fame> • imperishability noun • imperishable noun • imperishableness noun • imperishably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. that cannot perish. Derivatives: imperishability n. imperishableness n. imperishably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imperishable Im*per"ish*a*ble, a. [Pref. im- not + perishable: cf. F. imp['e]rissable.] Not perishable; not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring permanently; as, an imperishable monument; imperishable renown. -- Im*per"ish*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"ish*a*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is imperishable cannot disappear or be destroyed. (LITERARY) My memories are within me, imperishable. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Indestructible, everlasting, unfading, eternal, perennial, immortal, never-ending, incorruptible.

Moby Thesaurus

amaranthine, deathless, embalmed, ever-fresh, everlasting, fadeless, frozen, immortal, impregnable, incorruptible, indelible, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inexpugnable, inextinguishable, invincible, invulnerable, irrefragable, never-dying, nonperishable, quenchless, undampable, undestroyable, undying, unfading, unquenchable