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immortal adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin immortalis undying (also as noun pl., the gods), formed as IM-2 + mortalis MORTAL adjective.]
A. adjective.
Not mortal; undying, living for ever. LME.
F. Hoyle Such 'primitive' cells are potentially immortal, dying only in adverse conditions.
b. Of or pertaining to immortal beings or immortality; divine. M16.
Everlasting, eternal, unfading, imperishable; spec. (of fame or someone or something famous) remembered or celebrated forever. L15.
the Immortal Memory: see MEMORY.
E. Bowen Everything,..would stay sealed up, immortal, in an inner room in his consciousness.
b. noun.
An immortal being; esp. in pl., the gods of classical antiquity. M17.
(Immortal.) In pl. The royal bodyguard of ancient Persia. E19.
A person of enduring fame; spec. (Immortal) a member of the Academie Fran?aise. L19.
immortalism noun (rare) belief in immortality L18.
immortalist noun a person who believes in immortality M17.
immortally adverb L15.