immortal Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a person (such as an author) of enduring fame
- Shakespeare is one of the immortals
noun any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
god; deity; divinity.
adjective not subject to death

L. immortalis; pref. im- not + mortalis mortal: cf. F. immortel. See Mortal, and cf. Immortelle.

Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance.
Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17.

For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself? Shak.
Connected with, or pertaining to immortability.
I have immortal longings in me. Shak.
Destined to live in all ages of this world; abiding; exempt from oblivion; imperishable; as, immortal fame.
One of the few, immortal names, That were not born yo die. Halleck.
Great; excessive; grievous. Obs. Hayward. Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; never-ending; ceaseless; perpetual; continual; enduring; endless; imperishable; incorruptible; deathless; undying.

One who will never cease to be; one exempt from death, decay, or annihilation. Bunyan.