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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primal  \Pri"mal\,  a.  [LL.  primalis  fr  L.  primus  the  first  See 
  {Prime},  a.] 
  First  primary;  original;  chief. 
 
  It  hath  the  primal  eldest  curse  upon  it  --Shak. 
 
  The  primal  duties  shine  aloft  like  stars.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  primal 
  adj  1:  serving  as  an  essential  component;  "a  cardinal  rule";  "the 
  central  cause  of  the  problem";  "an  example  that  was 
  fundamental  to  the  argument";  "computers  are 
  fundamental  to  modern  industrial  structure"  [syn:  {cardinal}, 
  {central},  {fundamental},  {key}] 
  2:  having  existed  from  the  beginning;  in  an  earliest  or 
  original  stage  or  state;  "aboriginal  forests";  "primal 
  eras  before  the  appearance  of  life  on  earth";  "the  forest 
  primeval";  "primordial  matter";  "primordial  forms  of  life" 
  [syn:  {aboriginal},  {primeval},  {primaeval},  {primordial}] 




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