immortal

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: deitydivinitygod

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a person (such as an author) of enduring fame“Shakespeare is one of the immortals”
  2. any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a forceSynonyms: deitydivinitygod

Adjective (1)

  1. not subject to death
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Immortal \Im*mor"tal\, n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
Immortal \Im*mor"tal\, a. [L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.]

1.Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. [1913 Webster]

Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible.— 1 Tim. i. 17.[1913 Webster]
For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Connected with, or pertaining to immortality. [1913 Webster]

I have immortal longings in me.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame. [1913 Webster]

One of the few, immortal names, That were not born to die.— Halleck.[1913 Webster]

4.Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] --Hayward. [1913 Webster]

Immortal flowers, immortelles; everlastings.

Syn: Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying. [1913 Webster]

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