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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Endless \End"less\, a. [AS. endele['a]s. See {End}.] 1. Without end having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as an endless line endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor. 2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. --Shak. 3. Without profitable end fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] ``All loves are endless.'' --Beau. & Fl 4. Void of design; objectless; as an endless pursuit. {Endless chain}, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends {Endless screw}. (Mech.) See under {Screw}. Syn: Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: endless adj 1: tiresomely long; seemingly without end "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon" [syn: {eternal}, {interminable}] 2: infinitely great in number; "endless waves" 3: having no known beginning and presumably no end "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth" [syn: {dateless}, {sempiternal}] 4: having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain" 5: occurring so frequently as to seem ceaseless or uninterrupted; "a child's incessant questions"; "your perpetual (or continual) complaints" [syn: {incessant}, {perpetual}]
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