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sempiternal

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sem·pi·ter·nal  (smp-tûrnl)
adj.
Enduring forever; eternal. See Synonyms at infinite.

[Middle English, from Old French sempiternel, from Late Latin sempiternlis, from Latin sempiternus : semper, always; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots + aeternus, eternal; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

sempi·terni·ty (-n-t) n.
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Adj.1.sempiternal - having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless"; "sempiternal truth"
infinite - having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth"


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The moment he produced the glittering earbobs, the whimpering and whining of the sempiternal beldame was at an end.
Sea of Serenity, Sea of Tranquillity, Ocean of the Lunar Storms, merged into one lucent drop, itself to slip into the sempiternal dawn.
The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without knowing how or why; in short to draw a new circle.
 
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