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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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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