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finity|ˈfɪnɪtɪ|
[ad. OF. finité, f. fini (pa. pple. of finir to bound) finite a.]
= prec. Also semi-concr., an instance of finiteness.
1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei Ep. Ded. A iij b, The Finity of Sin, that in its own Nature cannot Merit an Infinite Punishment. 1813Busby Lucretius I. 1081 The laws of nature Finity oppose. 1855Miss Cobbe Intuit. Mor. 17 Creatures..exposed by the finity of their natures to continual temptations. 1899H. Wright Depopulation 57 There seemed no finity to the vista of country the eye followed. 1903B. Harraden Kath. Frensham ii. x. 199 Infinities which one..could see were finities blending with each other imperceptibly. |