Definitions for: Eternal


[adj] tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
[adj] lasting for an indefinitely long period of time
[adj] continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"



Webster (1913) Definition: E*ter"nal, a. [F. ['e]ternel, L. aeternalis, fr.
aeternus. See Etern.]
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.''

The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual;
interminable. See Everlasting.


E*ter"nal, n.
1. One of the appellations of God.

Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. --Hooker.

2. That which is endless and immortal. --Young.

Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, endless, eonian, everlasting, immortal, interminable, lasting, long, permanent, perpetual, unceasing, unending

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