a. [ F. éternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See Etern. ]
The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Eternal City,
n.
Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make eternal. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an eternal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where western gales eternally reside. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]