eterne
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of eterne
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
Example Sentences
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Soul! is it peace, or truce, or war eterne?
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
In hevene and helle, in erthe and salte see Is felt thy might, if that I wel descerne; As man, brid, best, fish, herbe and grene tree Thee fele in tymes with vapour eterne.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
Ne konduku nin en tenton; sed liberigu nin de la malbono: car Via estas la regado, la forto, kaj la gloro eterne.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Thenne welcome dethe! for lyfe eterne I leave thys mortall lyfe: Farewell, vayne worlde, and alle that's deare, Mye sonnes and lovynge wyfe!
From The Rowley Poems by Chatterton, Thomas
"Thou one, two, and thre, eterne on live, That raignest aie in thre, two, and one, Uncircumscript, and all maist circumscrive."
From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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