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<hw>E*ter"mi*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>e-</ets> + <ets>terminable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Interminable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Skelton.</i>

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<hw><hw>E*tern"</hw> &or; <hw>E*terne"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>eterne</ets>, L. <ets>aeternus</ets>, for <ets>aeviturnus</ets>, fr. <ets>aevum</ets> age. See <er>Age</er>, and cf. <er>Eternal</er>.]</ety> <def>Eternal.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Built up to <b>eterne</b> significance. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>E*ter"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82ternel</ets>, L. <ets>aeternalis</ets>, fr. <ets>aeternus</ets>. See <er>Etern</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>eternal</b> God is thy refuge. <i>Deut. xxxiii. 27.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been <b>eternal</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.</def>

<blockquote>That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with <b>eternal</b> glory. <i>2 Tim. ii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.</def>

<blockquote>And fires <b>eternal</b> in thy temple shine. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Existing at all times without change; immutable.</def>

<blockquote>Hobbes believed the <b>eternal</b> truths which he opposed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What are the <b>eternal</b> objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive.</def> "Some <i>eternal</i> villain."

<cs><col>The Eternal City</col>, <cd>an appellation of Rome.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See <er>Everlasting</er>.</syn>

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<hw>E*ter"nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the appellations of God.</def>

<blockquote>Law whereby the <b>Eternal</b> himself doth work. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is endless and immortal.</def>

<i>Young.</i>

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