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Webster 1913 Edition
Infinite
1.
Unlimited or boundless, in time or space;
as,
. infinite
duration or distanceWhatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than
infinite
is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite
distance the lowest or least can not sink. H. Brooke.
2.
Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect;
as, the
; – opposed to infinite
wisdom and goodness of Godfinite
. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is
infinite
. Ps. cxlvii. 5.
O God, how
infinite
thou art! I. Watts.
3.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.
Infinite
riches in a little room. Marlowe.
Which
To human life.
infinite
calamity shall causeTo human life.
Milton.
4.
(Math.)
Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; – said of certain quantities.
Syn. – Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.
In′fi-nite
,Noun.
1.
That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.
Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue
infinite
embrace us again. J. Martineau.
2.
(Math.)
An infinite quantity or magnitude.
3.
An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.
Glittering chains, embroidered richly o’er
With
With
infinite
of pearls and finest gold. Fanshawe.
4.
The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infinite
IN'FINITE
,Adj.
1.
Without limits; unbounded; boundless; not circumscribed; applied to time, space and qualities. God is infinite in duration, having neither beginning nor end of existence. He is also infinite in presence, or omnipresent, and his perfections are infinite. We also speak of infinite space.2.
That will have no end. Thus angels and men, though they have had a beginning, will exist in infinite duration.3.
That has a beginning in space, but is infinitely extended; as, a line beginning at a point, but extended indefinitely, is an infinite line.4.
Infinite is used loosely and hyperbolically for indefinitely large, immense, of great size or extent.Infinite canon, in music, a perpetual fugue.