Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sempiternal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sempiternal \Sem`pi*ter"nal\, a. [L. sempiternus, fr. semper
always: cf. F. sempiternel.]
1. Of neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having
beginning, but no end. --Sir M. Hale.
2. Without beginning or end; eternal. --Blackmore.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sempiternal
adj : having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the
dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is
endless"; "sempiternal truth" [syn: {dateless}, {endless}]
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