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Webster 1913 Edition


Durability

Duˊra-bil′i-ty

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Noun.
[L.
durabilitas
.]
The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its
durability
.
Blair.

Webster 1828 Edition


Durability

DURABILITY

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Noun.
[See Durable.] The power of lasting or continuing, in any given state, without perishing; as the durability of cedar or oak timber; the durability of animal and vegetable life is very limited.