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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.