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
immortality.
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 to die.
Halleck.
4. Great; excessive; grievous. [Obs.]
Hayward.
Immortal flowers, immortelles;
everlastings.
Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless;
perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible;
deathless; undying.
Im*mor"tal (?), n. One who will
never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or
annihilation. Bunyan.
