01 a. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.
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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.
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Connected with, or pertaining to immortality.“I have immortal longings in me.” — Shak.
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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.
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Great; excessive; grievous.[Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
Immortal flowers —
immortelles; everlastings.
Syn.
Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.