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perdurability|pədjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
Also 5 -blyte, -blete, -bylyte.
[In ME. a. OF. par-, perdurablete (12th c. in Godef.). The mod. word is a new formation from perdurable.]
The quality of being perdurable; continuous duration; everlastingness; permanence. In mod. use chiefly in Philos.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. vii. 45 (Camb. MS.) Natheles..as many yeeres as ther-to may be multyplyed ne may nat certes ben comparysoned to the perdurablyte þat is endeles. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxiii. 69 This is nought in thyn choys, nouther qualite ne quantite, ne perdurabylyte of thy peyne. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 345/2 That by that forme the perdurablete of theire Goddes sholde be shewed.
1865Mill Exam. Hamilton 192 Something which is distinguished from our fleeting impressions by what, in Kantian language, is called Perdurability. a1873― Ess. Relig. (1874) 200 Substance is but a general name for the perdurability of attributes. 1877Bowen Mod. Philos. xv. 269 What is this necessary axiom..but the perdurability of material substance? |