IMMORTAL

immortal

(adjective) not subject to death

deity, divinity, god, immortal

(noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

immortal

(noun) a person (such as an author) of enduring fame; “Shakespeare is one of the immortals”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

immortal (not comparable)

Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.

Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

Connected with or relating to immortality.

(obsolete) Exceedingly great; excessive; grievous.

Synonyms

• undeadly

• deathless

• everlasting

Antonyms

• mortal

Noun

immortal (plural immortals)

One who is not susceptible to death.

A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.

A member of the Académie française.

(Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*mor"tal, a. Etym: [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.

Im*mor"tal, n.

Definition: One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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