perpetuity, perpetuytie

[French perpétuité, from Lat. perpetuitatem, acc. of per petuitas, from perpetuus = perpetual (q. v.): Sp. perpetuidad; Ital. perpetuità.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. The quality or state of being perpetual; duration to all futurity; endle duration or continuance; uninterrupted continuance or existence for an indefinite period. "A path to perpetuity of fame." Byron: Childe Harold , iii, 105. 2. Something which will last forever, or for an indefinite time. "A me of pottage for a birth-right, a present repast for a perpetuity." -South: Sermons. IMG:content-0916.png:[blocks in formation] for im "A third attribute of the king's majesty is his perpetu ity . The law attributes to him in his political capacity an absolute immortality; the king never dies mediately upon the decease of the reigning prince in his natural capacity, his kingship or imperial dignity, by act of law, without any interregnum or interval, is vested at once in his heir, who is, ex instant i , king to all intents and purposes."- Black stone : Comment . i., ch. 7. *per-plant', v . t . [Pref.per-, and Eng. plant , v. (q. v.)) To plant or fix firmly or deeply. per-plěx', v . t. [Fr. perplex =perplexed, intricate, entangled, from Lat. perplex us entangled, interwoven: per completely, and plexus , pa. par. of plecto =to plait, to braid.] *1. To make intricate, complicated, or involved; to complicate, to involve; to make difficult to under stand or to unravel. "Their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of this drear wood." Milton: Comus , 37. 2. To puzzle, to embarra , to bewilder, to confuse; to make anxious. "Being greatly perplex'd in his mind, he determined to go into Persia." -1 Maccabees iii. 31. *3. To plague, to vex, to torment. ( Glanvill .) *per-plěx', a. [Fr., from Lat. perplex us .] [PERPLEX, v.] Intricate, complicated, difficult, in volved. IMG:content-0917.png:[blocks in formation] perse a IMG:content-0918.jpg:[blocks in formation] per polio =to polish well, to refine.] Very polished. ( Herrick: To Mr. John Harmar.) *per-põn'-děr, v . i . [Pref. per- , and Eng. ponder .] To ponder well. (Nashe: Lenten Stuffe .) *per-po-ta-tion, s. [Lat. perpotatio , from per poto =to keep on drinking.] The act of drinking largely or heavily; a drinking bout. *per-quïre', v. t . [Lat. perquiro .] [PERQUISITE.] To search into. (Clobery: Divine Glimpses (1659), p. 73.)