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.

Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17.

For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself? Shak.

2.

Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.

I have immortal longings in me. Shak.

3.

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 yo die. Halleck.

4.

Great; excessive; grievous.

[Obs.]

Hayward.

Immortal flowers, imortelles; everlastings.

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

 

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Im*mor"tal (?), n.

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

Bunyan.

 

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