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English Dictionary: endless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endless
adj
  1. tiresomely long; seemingly without end; "endless debates"; "an endless conversation"; "the wait seemed eternal"; "eternal quarreling"; "an interminable sermon"
    Synonym(s): endless, eternal, interminable
  2. infinitely great in number; "endless waves"
  3. having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"
    Synonym(s): dateless, endless, sempiternal
  4. having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole; "an endless chain"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Endless \End"less\, a. [AS. endele[a0]s. See {End}.]
      1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual;
            interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as,
            an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless
            praise; endless clamor.
  
      2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. --Shak.
  
      3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.]
            [bd]All loves are endless.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit.
  
      {Endless chain}, a chain which is made continuous by uniting
            its two ends.
  
      {Endless screw}. (Mech.) See under {Screw}.
  
      Syn: Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited;
               incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual;
               unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.
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