Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Infinite (-r)
infinite (-r), adj. [OFr < L. infīnītus, unbounded.] (webplay: boundless, condescension, end, existence, extent, God, great, large, man, size, space, time).
- Perpetual; lasting; constant; timeless.
- All-encompassing; [fig.] of greatest importance; of deepest significance.
- Totally satisfying; completely fulfilling; physically and spiritually healing.
- Extensive; boundless; having no limit.
- Weighty; heavy; engulfing; engrossing; all-absorbing.
- Inestimable; priceless; immeasurably valuable.
- Endless; immense; omnipresent; long-lasting.
- Immortal; eternal; omnipotent.
- Beyond circumference; [fig.] sublime; unspeakably beautiful; surpassingly brilliant.
- True; real; actual; divine; heavenly.
- Deathless; amaranthine; remembered forever after death.
- Exceedingly great; high in calculation; undeterminable in scope.
- Deep; intense; profound; immeasurable; incalculable.
- Completed; absolute; total.
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