資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Immortal \Im*mor"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.