Immensities

Immensities
Immensity Im*men"si*ty, n.; pl. {Immensities}. [L. immensitas: cf. F. immensit['e].] The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness. [1913 Webster]

Lost in the wilds of vast immensity. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]

The immensity of the material system. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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