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primeval |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Primeval \Pri*me"val\, a. [L. primaevus primus first + aevum age. See {Prime}, a., and {Age}.] Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as the primeval innocence of man. ``This is the forest primeval.'' --Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. --Keats. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: primeval adj : 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}, {primal}, {primaeval}, {primordial}]
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