Sempiternal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Without beginning or end; eternal. --Blackmore.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]