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The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

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

E*ter"nal, n. 1. One of the appellations of God.

Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work.

Hooker.

2. That which is endless and immortal. Young.

E*ter"nal*ist, n. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. T. Burnet.

E*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make eternal. Shelton.

E*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an eternal manner.

That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so.

South.

Where western gales eternally reside.

Addison.

E*terne" (?), a. See Etern.

E*ter"ni*fy (?), v. t. To make eternal. [Obs.]

Fame . . . eternifies the name.

Mir. for Mag.

E*ter"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Eternities (#). [F. éternité, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.] 1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.

Is. lvii. 15.

2. Condition which begins at death; immortality.

Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.

Shak.

E*ter`ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.

E*ter"nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eternized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eterniziing.] [Cf. F. éterniser.] 1. To make eternal or endless.

This other served but to eternize woe.

Milton.

2. To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.