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Infinite   /ˈɪnfənət/   Listen
adjective
Infinite  adj.  
1.
Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance. "Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least can not sink."
2.
Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; opposed to finite. "Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite." "O God, how infinite thou art!"
3.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious. "Infinite riches in a little room." "Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life."
4.
(Math.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; said of certain quantities.
5.
(Mus.) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.
Synonyms: Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.



noun
Infinite  n.  
1.
That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness. "Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again."
2.
(Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
3.
An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. "Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er With infinite of pearls and finest gold."
4.
The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.






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"Infinite" Quotes from Famous Books



... service of the church, and espoused your mother, from whom I received infinite blessings, and with whom I shared my life, my goods, my soul, and all. And she agreed with me in following precepts —Firstly, that to live happily, it is necessary to keep far away from church people, to honour them much ...
— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac

... head gently, and smiled with infinite patience. "P'raps so," he said modestly. "P'raps so; but there's one thing I can do, and that ...
— Sea Urchins • W. W. Jacobs

... before the revolution, France was still considered as destitute of an infinite number of mineral riches, which were thought to belong exclusively to several of the surrounding countries. Germany was quoted as a country particularly favoured, in this respect, by Nature. Yet France is crossed by mountains similar to those met with in Germany, and these ...
— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon

... snugg, which advantage being added to her well sailing before, causes her to sail so hard now, that she fears not who follows her. This ship will undoubtedly (go) into the Red Sea, which will procure infinite clamours ...
— The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago • John Biddulph

... with a family, he draws five dollars each for the new people he has annexed. If there is an exchange of wives (a not-infrequent thing), the babies have to be newly parcelled out. Through all the family intricacies Mr. Conroy follows the interpreter with infinite patience and bonhomie. To the listener it sounds startling as the interpreter, presenting two tickets says, "He married these three people—this fellow." "O, he give dat baby away to Charles." When we hear in a dazed way that "Mary Catholic's son married his dead woman's sister who was ...
— The New North • Agnes Deans Cameron


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