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3 definitions found 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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