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/pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
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/pə(ɹ)ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
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/pə(ɹ)ˈdʒɔːɹəbəl/
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/pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/
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pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl
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pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl
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Adjective
Very durable; long-lasting.
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In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable
O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.
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Ere now marmoreal floods had spread their couch / Of perdurable snow, or granite wrought / Its skyward impulse from earth's hearth of fire / Up to insanest heights.
The Duke had given her already a horde of fine gifts; but these, he had said, were nothing—trash in comparison with the gift that was to ensure for her a perdurable felicity.
There is one quality which unites all great and perdurable writers, you don't NEED schools and colleges to keep 'em alive.
Together, our studies show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced.
Adjective
very long lasting
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less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys
the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent