eternal

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The anchoring of the subjective in the eternal was achieved in this metaphysical setting: the deification of the beloved; and no greater gift was ever vouchsafed to man than the creation of metaphysically true beings and values.

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  1. adjective Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See Synonyms at infinite.
  2. adjective Continuing without interruption; perpetual.
  3. adjective Forever true or changeless: eternal truths.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English eternal, eternall (with the simple form eterne: see etern), from Old French eternel, French éternel = Provencal Spanish Portuguese eternal = Italian eternale, from Late Latin æternalis, from Latin æternus, everlasting, eternal: see etern.
 

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