lasting

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. -- Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]