Im*mense" (?), a. [L. immensus; pref. im- not + mensus, p. p. of metiri to measure: cf. F. immense. See Measure.]

Immeasurable; unlimited. In commonest use: Very great; vast; huge.

"Immense the power" Pope. "Immense and boundless ocean." Daniel.

O Goodness infinite! Goodness immense! Milton.

Syn. -- Infinite; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded; unlimited; interminable; vast; prodigious; enormous; monstrous. See Enormous.

 

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