everlast en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from everlasting, equivalent to ever + last.
Meanings
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(intransitive, rare) To last always or forever; to continue, endure, or remain.
They had survived several fires in their twenty years and probably would have everlasted but this had been exceptional.
2010, Sharyn Munro, The Woman on the Mountain:[...] as he flew through the air / to smother the blast / he reached a state of grace / that will everlast [...]
2009, Frank Seinsheimer, Poetical Commentary:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| everlasting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| everlasted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| everlasted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| everlasts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |