immortality

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And, secondly,--If this immortality belongs to the Hypnum only It certainly does not, by any means: but, however modified or limited, this immortality is the first thing we ought to take note of in the mosses.

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being immortal.
  2. noun Endless life or existence.
  3. noun Enduring fame.

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  • And they are of that immortality which is the spirit of place—the spirit that, more than all spirits, inspired Emily Bronte. —  The Three Brontes
  • Given the chance, which would you choose in pursuit of "immortality" --uploading or cryonics? —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • You think He's selling a service, Michael What do you mean You know -- immortality or something I wouldn't want to guess Photosynthesis Don't ask me, sir Even after they exited the limo and started through the atrium, the boss continued to drive Michael crazy. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 06 - June 1994
  • There is a beauty and majesty in the poem on subjective immortality which is likely to make it, as it has already become, the one popular poem among all she wrote. —  George Eliot; A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philosophy
  • It thus transpires that these lowly organisms enjoy immortality; or perhaps it may be better stated, that the protoplasm of these organisms enjoys immortality and this immortality is the compensation for the sacrifice which each successive individual makes unconsciously in the division of its protoplasm. —  The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male
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  1. = French immortalité = Spanish inmortalidad = Portuguese immortalidade = Italian immortalità, from Latin immortalita(t-)s, inmortalita(t-)s, undyingness, from immortalis, inmortalis, undying: see immortal.
 

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/ɪmɔrˈtæləti/
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