Eternal (?), a. [F. éternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See Etern.] 1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.
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The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27.
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To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.
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2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.
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That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.
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3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
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And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden.
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4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.
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Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden.
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What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? M. Arnold.
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5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. “Some eternal villain.”
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The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

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