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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Immortal  \Im*mor"tal\,  n. 
  One  who  will  never  cease  to  be  one  exempt  from  death,  decay, 
  or  annihilation.  --Bunyan. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Immortal  \Im*mor"tal\,  a.  [L.  immortalis;  pref.  im-  not  + 
  mortalis  mortal:  cf  F.  immortel.  See  {Mortal},  and  cf 
  {Immortelle}.] 
  1.  Not  mortal;  exempt  from  liability  to  die;  undying; 
  imperishable;  lasting  forever;  having  unlimited,  or 
  eternal,  existance. 
 
  Unto  the  King  eternal,  immortal,  invisible.  --1  Tim. 
  i.  17. 
 
  For  my  soul,  what  can  it  do  to  that  Being  a  thing 
  immortal  as  itself?  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Connected  with  or  pertaining  to  immortability 
 
  I  have  immortal  longings  in  me  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Destined  to  live  in  all  ages  of  this  world;  abiding; 
  exempt  from  oblivion;  imperishable;  as  immortal  fame. 
 
  One  of  the  few  immortal  names  That  were  not  born 
  yo  die.  --Halleck. 
 
  4.  Great;  excessive;  grievous.  [Obs.]  --Hayward. 
 
  {Immortal  flowers},  imortelles;  everlastings. 
 
  Syn:  Eternal;  everlasting;  never-ending;  ceaseless; 
  perpetual;  continual;  enduring;  endless;  imperishable; 
  incorruptible;  deathless;  undying. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  immortal 
  adj  :  not  subject  to  death  [ant:  {mortal}] 
  n  1:  a  person  (such  as  an  author)  of  enduring  fame;  "Shakespeare 
  is  one  of  the  immortals" 
  2:  any  supernatural  being  worshipped  as  controlling  some  part 
  of  the  world  or  some  aspect  of  life  or  who  is  the 
  personification  of  a  force  [syn:  {deity},  {divinity},  {god}] 




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