IMMORTAL


Meaning of IMMORTAL in English

— immortally , adv.

/i mawr"tl/ , adj.

1. not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.

2. remembered or celebrated through all time: the immortal words of Lincoln.

3. not liable to perish or decay; imperishable; everlasting.

4. perpetual; lasting; constant: an immortal enemy.

5. of or pertaining to immortal beings or immortality.

6. (of a laboratory-cultured cell line) capable of dividing indefinitely.

n.

7. an immortal being.

8. a person of enduring fame: Bach, Milton, El Greco, and other immortals.

9. the Immortals , the 40 members of the French Academy.

10. ( often cap. ) any of the gods of classical mythology.

[ 1325-75; ME (adj.) immortalis. See IM- 2 , MORTAL ]

Syn. 8. giant, titan, genius.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .