eternal

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

continuing forever or indefinitely“the ageless themes of love and revenge”“eternal truths”“life everlasting”“hell's perpetual fires”“the unending bliss of heaven”Synonyms: ageless aeonian eonian everlasting perpetual unending unceasing
tiresomely long; seemingly without end“endless debates”“an endless conversation”“the wait seemed eternal”“eternal quarreling”“an interminable sermon”Synonyms: endless interminable

Eternal \E*ter"nal\, n.

1.One of the appellations of God. [1913 Webster]

Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

2.That which is endless and immortal. --Young. [1913 Webster]

Eternal \E*ter"nal\, a. [F. ['e]ternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]

1.Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. [1913 Webster]

The eternal God is thy refuge.— Deut. xxxiii. 27.[1913 Webster]

To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal.— Locke.[1913 Webster]

2.Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. [1913 Webster]

That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.— 2 Tim. ii. 10.[1913 Webster]

3.Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. [1913 Webster]

And fires eternal in thy temple shine.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.Existing at all times without change; immutable. [1913 Webster]

Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times?— M. Arnold.[1913 Webster]

5.Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain." [1913 Webster]

The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting. [1913 Webster]