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English Dictionary: immortal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for immortal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
immortal adj not subject to death Antonym(s): mortal n a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; "Shakespeare is one of the immortals" any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force Synonym(s): deity, divinity, god, immortal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immortal \Immor"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immortal \Im*mor"tal\, n. One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. --Bunyan.