| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sempiternal |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sem·pi·ter·nal |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m p -tûr n l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Enduring forever; eternal. See synonyms at infinite. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French sempiternel, from Late Latin sempitern lis, from Latin sempiternus : semper, always; see sem-1 in Appendix I + aeternus, eternal; see aiw- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sempi·terni·ty (-n-t ) —NOUN
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