All 5 Uses of
immortal
in
The Birthmark
- He more than intimated that it was at his option to concoct a liquid that should prolong life for years, perhaps interminably; but that it would produce a discord in Nature which all the world, and chiefly the quaffer of the immortal nostrum, would find cause to curse.†
- "In one sense it is," replied Aylmer; "or, rather, the elixir of immortality.†
immortality = eternal life (to live forever)
- ...whether the liquid which it was distilling should be the draught of immortal happiness or misery.
*immortal = eternal
- He bore a crystal goblet containing a liquor colorless as water, but bright enough to be the draught of immortality.†
immortality = eternal life (to live forever)
- Thus ever does the gross fatality of earth exult in its invariable triumph over the immortal essence which, in this dim sphere of half development, demands the completeness of a higher state.†
Definition:
living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god