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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eternal \E*ter"nal\, n.
1. One of the appellations of God.
Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work --Hooker.
2. That which is endless and immortal. --Young.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eternal \E*ter"nal\, a. [F. ['e]ternel, L. aeternalis fr
aeternus See {Etern}.]
1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
The eternal God is thy refuge. --Deut.
xxxiii 27.
To know wether there were any real being whose
duration has been eternal. --Locke.
2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting;
endless; immortal.
That they may also obtain the salvation which is in
Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. --2 Tim. ii
10.
3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless;
constant.
And fires eternal in thy temple shine. --Dryden.
4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.
--Dryden.
What are the eternal objects of poetry among all
nations, and at all times? --M. Arnold.
5. Exceedingly great or bad -- used as a strong intensive.
``Some eternal villain.''
{The Eternal City}, an appellation of Rome.
Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual;
interminable. See {Everlasting}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
eternal
adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of
love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life
everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending
bliss of heaven" [syn: {ageless}, {everlasting}, {perpetual},
{unending}, {unceasing}]
2: lasting for an indefinitely long period of time [syn: {everlasting},
{lasting}, {eonian}, {aeonian}]
3: tiresomely long; seemingly without end "endless debates";
"an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal";
"eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon" [syn: {endless},
{interminable}]
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