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Immortal - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Immortal : adj : not subject to death [ant: mortal]
(noun)
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 force [syn: deity, divinity, god]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Immortal : \Im*mor"tal\, n.
One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay,
or annihilation. --Bunyan.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. --1 Tim.
i. 17.
For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing
immortal as itself? --Shak.
2. Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.
I have immortal longings in me. --Shak.
3. Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding;
exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.
One of the few, immortal names, That were not born
yo die. --Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] --Hayward.
Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.
Syn: Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless;
perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable;
incorruptible; deathless; undying.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Immortal |
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itsclassified: RT @notmattpike: Hey Tattoo lady, please don't call getting a tattoo "Immortalizing" something...unless of course you are Immortal. |
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