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Perennial   /pərˈɛniəl/   Listen
Perennial

adjective
1.
Lasting three seasons or more.  Antonyms: annual, biennial.
2.
Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal.
3.
Recurring again and again.  Synonyms: recurrent, repeated.
noun
1.
(botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more.



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"Perennial" Quotes from Famous Books



... I can follow," he said—"the personal and material side of things. Your perennial condition of health, for example. ...
— The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance • Marie Corelli
... sloths, which pass their lives hanging back-downwards, suspended to the branches by their huge claws. Thus, they sleep without effort (from the peculiar mechanism of their limbs), and they move slowly from tree to tree, having no need to hurry after food, since they live suspended in the midst of a perennial banquet. ...
— The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 • Various
... Asiatic in their formation and scenery. They are composed of vast ridges of mountains of great height, with broken ridges and deep valleys. The sides of these mountains are entirely barren; their tops capped by perennial snow. There may be in California, now made free by its constitution, and no doubt there are, some tracts of valuable land. But it is not so in New Mexico. Pray, what is the evidence which every gentleman must have obtained on this subject, from information sought by himself or communicated ...
— American Eloquence, Volume II. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1896) • Various
... Great nor Napoleon can be regarded as true exponents of the social will. The rule of the oligarchy is based upon selfish considerations. The institution of slavery overrides the will of the bondsman in the interests of his possessor. The perennial struggle between the "haves" and the "have nots"—the rich and the poor—is, unfortunately, carried on by those engaged in it with a view to their own interests and not with a view to the good ...
— A Handbook of Ethical Theory • George Stuart Fullerton
... perennial interest, in this connection, is that of the extent to which native Christians should be allowed to participate in the administration of the affairs of a mission. The training of some of the highest members of the native Christian community in the responsibility of missionary administration ...
— India's Problem Krishna or Christ • John P. Jones


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