Im*mor"tal (?), n.
One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.
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 immortality.
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 to die.
Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.] Hayward.
Immortal flowers, immortelles;
everlastings.
Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable;
incorruptible; deathless; undying.
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