a. [f. CHANGE sb. + -LESS. (Not in Bailey or Johnson.)] Without change, unchanging, immutable.

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1580.  Sidney, Arcadia, II. 215. Thus for each change my changelesse heart I fortifie.

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1592.  Warner, Alb. Eng., VIII. xxxvii. 168 (R.). Unto the cuckooe … she Adiudg’d a Spring-times changeles Note.

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1636.  Healey, Epictetus’ Man., 101. Thou, o changelesse Fate, direct mee to the end.

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a. 1700.  Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.), Letter fr. Sea. As changeless as my mind.

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1847.  M. Bowly, in Bk. Praise, 438. Free and changeless is His favour.

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1875.  Manning, Mission H. Ghost, iv. 101. God alone is changeless.

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  Hence Changelessly adv., Changelessness.

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1808.  J. Webster, Nat. Philos., in Education, III. No. 6. 560. The Chinese idea of the Infinite was that of changelessness.

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1840.  Gladstone, Ch. Princ., 7. The changelessness … of the church in the fundamental truths of the Gospel.

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