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To: PCModem who wrote (26079)	5/27/1999 2:30:00 AM
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Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Eternal" From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Eternal \Eter"nal\, a. [F. ['e]ternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See {Etern}.] 1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. The eternal God is thy refuge. --Deut. xxxiii. 27. To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. --Locke. 2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. --2 Tim. ii. 10. 3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. And fires eternal in thy temple shine. --Dryden. 4. Existing at all times without change; immutable. Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. --Dryden. What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? --M. Arnold. 5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. ''Some eternal villain.'' The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome. Syn: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See {Everlasting}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Eternal \Eter"nal\, n. 1. One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. --Hooker. 2. That which is endless and immortal. --Young.