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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

primaevus

;

primus

first +

aevum

age. See

Adj.

and

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.

Adj.

[L. primus, first, and oevum, age, primoevus.]

Original; primitive; as the primeval innocence of man; primeval day.