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adjective

Immortal adj.

Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. "Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible." "For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?"

Connected with, or pertaining to immortality. "I have immortal longings in me."

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 to die."

Great; excessive; grievous. (Obs.)

Immortal flowers, immortelles; everlastings.

Synonyms: Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.

noun

Immortal n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation.

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... considerations at all, in a case where public relations to Affghanistan should naturally be paramount? We notice them, because our own press dwelt on personal qualities almost exclusively; and since this Cabool tragedy will make the whole Affghan policy immortal, we are anxious, by dispersing the cloud of calumny connected with the object of our choice, to clear the ground for a juster estimate of what was either good or erroneous in our further conduct. Not that personal ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Vol. 56, No. 346, August, 1844 • Various

... Chants an immortal: "He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, ...

— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney

... address of the fallen angel. "Art thou," he said, "he who in the happy realms of light, clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine myriads? From what height fallen? What though the field be lost, all is not lost! Unconquerable will and study of revenge, immortal hate and courage never to submit nor yield-what is else ...

— Cinq Mars, Complete • Alfred de Vigny

... to them from their own glorious times. The slave-trade was discontinued after a while. As long as England needed the sons and daughters of Africa to do her bidding, she trafficked in the flesh and blood of her fellow-creatures; but our immortal fathers put an end to the disgraceful trade. They saw its heinous sin, for they had no command to enslave the heathen; but they had no command to emancipate the slave; therefore they wisely forbore farther to interfere. They drew ...

— Aunt Phillis's Cabin - Or, Southern Life As It Is • Mary H. Eastman

... truth. Belief in the existence of the antipodes was considered by ecclesiastical authority as a sure proof of heresy, the philosopher's stone had been found, astrology was an infallible science, and the air was filled with demons who were ever waiting for an opportunity to steal away man's immortal soul. Geography did not exist except in fancy; history could be summed up in the three magic words, Troy, Greece, and Rome; and the general notions current regarding the world and its formation were fantastic in the extreme. In the realm of natural ...

— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger

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