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eterne

[ ih-turn ]

adjective

, Archaic.


eterne

/ ɪˈtɜːn /

adjective

  1. an archaic or poetic word for eternal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eterne1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin aeternus, contraction of aeviternus, equivalent to aev ( um ) age + -i- -i- + -ternus, extended form of -ernus suffix of temporal adjectives
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eterne1

C14: from Old French, from Latin aeternus
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Example Sentences

Memoria de Sancta Trinitate," in the St. Louis service-book, runs thus: "Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui301 dedisti famulis tuis in confessione vere fidei eterne Trinitatis gloriam agnoscere, et in potentia majestatis adorare unitatem, quesumus ut ejus fidei firmitate ab omnibus semper muniemur adversis.

Lo, see his lyre mute and unstrung, Or only grief-notes from it wrung: Lo, his golden locks neglected, And his radiant face dejected; Beauty eterne distain'd, rejected.

By worde eterne whylom was hit shape That fro the fifte cercle, in no manere, Ne mighte a drope of teres doun escape.

By worde eterne whylom was hit shape That fro the fifte cercle, in no manere, Ne mighte a drope of teres doun escape.

Progress eterne! thou goest hand in hand With Life eterne, and naught but death e'er dies.

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