Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Primal \Pri"mal\, a. [LL. primalis, fr. L. primus the first. See
{Prime}, a.]
First; primary; original; chief.
It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. --Shak.
The primal duties shine aloft like stars. --Wordsworth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
primal
adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the
central cause of the problem"; "an example that was
fundamental to the argument"; "computers are
fundamental to modern industrial structure" [syn: {cardinal},
{central}, {fundamental}, {key}]
2: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or
original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal
eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest
primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
[syn: {aboriginal}, {primeval}, {primaeval}, {primordial}]
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