Pronunciations (2)
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/ɪˈtɜːn/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɪˈtɜɹn/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Eternal.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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The substance is eterne, and bideth so; / Ne when the life decayes and forme does fade, / Doth it consume and into nothing goe [...].
And neuer did the Cyclops hammers fall / On Mars his Armours, forg'd for proofe Eterne, / With lesse remorse then Pyrrhus bleeding sword / Now falles on Priam.
More examples (1)
Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up The golden spray of multitudinous worlds In measure to the proclive weight and rush Of His inner nature […]