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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She engendered them in her own fruitful breast, and her "copy is eterne."
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
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
Before me there were no created things, Only eterne, and I eternal last.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
My regret is that she, who could be "a vision eterne," should be doomed to receive episodically your considerate affection.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack
Ne al glavo sangon soifanta Ĝi la homan tiras familion: Al la mond' eterne militanta Ĝi promesas sanktan harmonion.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John
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