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ever-burning en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Always burning.
    • The ever-burning candle dedicated to prisoners of war gave a reddish glow to the entire space. 2012, Kaye Michelle, Return of the Heroine, →ISBN:
    • He had never heard of the Arc de Triomphe nor did he know that it was the tomb of France's Unknown Warrior, though his companions did try to explain the significance of “the ever-burning flame.” 2012, Leonard Mosley, Lindbergh: A Biography, →ISBN:
    • The ever-burning lamp of the cross is sufficient for the darkest child of a dark world —in his darkest day and hour! 2015, Horatius Bonar, The Book of The Last Days - The Revelation of Jesus Christ, →ISBN:

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