lasting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

L'ASTING, participle present tense 1. Continuing in time; enduring; remaining. 2. adjective Durable; of long continuance; that may continue or endure; as a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
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