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Webster 1913 Edition
Eternal
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.”
Syn. – Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See
Everlasting
. E-ter′nal
,Noun.
1.
One of the appellations of God.
Law whereby the
Eternal
himself doth work. Hooker.
2.
That which is endless and immortal.
Young.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eternal
ETER'NAL
,Adj.
1.
Without beginning or end of existence.The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut.33.
2.
Without beginning of existence.To know whether there is any real being, whose duration has been eternal.
3.
Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.That they may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 2 Tim.2.
What shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Matt.19.
Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 7.
4.
Perpetual; ceaseless; continued without intermission.And fires eternal in thy temple shine.
5.
Unchangeable; existing at all times without change; as eternal truth.ETER'NAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
eternal
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Adjective
eternal (not comparable)
- Lasting forever; unending.
- John Locke
- to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal
- Dryden
- Fires eternal in thy temple shine.
- 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- In a bid to understand the eternal mystery that is woman, Bart goes to the least qualified possible source for advice and counsel: his father, who remarkably seems to have made it to his mid-30s without quite figuring out much of anything.
- John Locke
- (philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
- (dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
- some eternal villain
Synonyms
- (lasting forever; unending): unending, agelong, permanent, sempiternal, endless, everlasting
- (existing outside time): timeless, atemporal
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from eternal
Translations
lasting forever
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