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imperishable

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im·per·ish·a·ble  (m-pr-sh-bl)
adj.
Not perishable: imperishable food; imperishable hopes.
im·perish·a·bili·ty, im·perish·a·ble·ness n.
im·perish·a·bly adv.
imperishable
Adjective
unable to disappear or be destroyed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.imperishable - not perishable
perishable - liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay; "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit"
2.imperishable - unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
abiding, enduring
lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"


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It is unmistakably good up to a certain point, and then unmistakably bad, but with always good enough in it to be forever imperishable.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Browning has given us the key, and those volumes a delightful gift to our age-record of so much that is richest in the world of things, and men, and their works--all so much the richer by the great intellect, the great imagination, which has made the record, transmuted them into imperishable things of art:--
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
Two abysmal beasts sprang at each other's throats that day beneath the shadow of earth's oldest cliffs--the man of now and the man-thing of the earliest, forgotten then, imbued by the same deathless passion that has come down unchanged through all the epochs, periods and eras of time from the beginning, and which shall continue to the incalculable end--woman, the imperishable Alpha and Omega of life.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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