Lasting

Lasting
Last Last, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As. l[ae]stan to perform, execute, follow, last, continue, fr. l[=a]st, l[=ae]st, trace, footstep, course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to follow. See {Last} mold of the foot.] 1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. [1913 Webster]

[I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me would ordain while my life lasted. --Testament of Love. [1913 Webster]

2. To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter. [1913 Webster]


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  • lasting — [ lastiŋ ] n. m. • 1830; mot angl. « durable », de to last ♦ Étoffe rase, en laine peignée, à armure satin. Lasting uni, rayé. « sa veste de lasting » (Flaubert). ● lasting nom masculin (anglais lasting, durable) Étoffe de laine rase, brillante.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lasting — lasting, permanent, perdurable, durable, stable, perpetual mean enduring for so long as to seem fixed or established. Lasting may imply long continuance with no end in sight; in this sense, it may be close in connotation to everlasting {who …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Lasting — Last ing, a. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color. [1913 Webster] Syn: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. Usage: {Lasting}, {Permanent}, {Durable}. Lasting commonly means… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lasting — (Lästing), s. Everlasting …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • lasting — [las′tiŋ] adj. that lasts a long time; enduring; durable [a lasting peace] n. 1. a strong twilled cloth 2. Archaic endurance lastingly adv. lastingness n …   English World dictionary

  • Lasting — Last ing, n. 1. Continuance; endurance. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women s shoes; everlasting. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or process of shaping on a last. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lasting — Lasting, so v.w. Everlasting …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lāsting — (engl. Prunell, früher auch Kalamank, Kalmank), meist schwarze oder dunkelfarbige Kammgarngewebe für Damenkleiderstoffe mit 40–60 Ketten und 28–32 Schußfäden auf 1 cm, Bindung fünf oder siebenschäftiger Atlas; auch Mobel , Schuh und Westenstoffe …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Lasting — Lasting, dunkelfarbige Kammgarngewebe …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Lasting — oder Prunell, atlasartiges Kammwollgespinst, meist schwarz …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • lasting — I adjective abiding, continuing, enduring gering, maintained, perpetuated, perseverant, persistent, persisting, preserved, remaining, standing, staying, sustaining, sustained, undestroyed, uneradicated, unerased, unfailing, unremoved, unrepealed… …   Law dictionary

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