Lasting

p. a. Durable; of long continuance; that may continue or endure; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

Synonyms— Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending. — LASTING, PERMANENT, DURABLE. Lasting is more commonly applied to things abstract, which from their very nature endure; as, a lasting remembrance, effect, &c. Permanent applies chiefly to things established, and designed to remain unchanged; as, a permanent situation, a permanent change, &c. Durable is applied to material substances or fabrics, so far as they resist agencies which tend to destroy them; as, a durable foundation, &c.

Frauds, fears, and fury have possessed the state, And fixed the causes of a lasting hate. Dryden.

Their joy sincere, with no more sorrow mixed; Eternally stand permanent and fixed. Dryden.

More durable than brass, the frame Which here I consecrate to fame. Francis.