eternal. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

eternal

SYLLABICATION:	e·ter·nal
PRONUNCIATION:	-tûrnl
ADJECTIVE:	1. Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See synonyms at infinite. 2. Continuing without interruption; perpetual. 3. Forever true or changeless: eternal truths. 4. Seemingly endless; interminable. See synonyms at ageless. , continual. 5. Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife.
NOUN:	1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless. 2. Eternal God. Used with the.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternlis, from Latin aeternus. See aiw- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	eter·nali·ty (tr-nl-t) , e·ternal·ness —NOUN e·ternal·ly —ADVERB


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