EVERL`ASTING, a. Lasting or enduring for ever; eternal; existing or continuing without end; immortal.

The everlasting God, or Jehovah. Gen 21.

Everlasting fire; everlasting punishment. Mat 18:25.

1. Perpetual; continuing indefinitely, or during the present state of things.

I will give thee, and thy See d after thee, the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen 17.

The everlasting hills or mountains. Genesis. Habakkuk.

2. In popular usage, endless; continual; unintermitted; as, the family is disturbed with everlasting disputes.

, n. Eternity; eternal duration, past and future.

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Psa 90.

1. A plant, the Gnaphalium; also, the Xeranthenum.