unbeginningadj.
Having no beginning.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective]
unbegunc1000
uncircumscriptc1374
endless138.
finitea1400
measurelessc1400
infinite1413
ginningless?1440
immensec1450
unlimitedc1475
infinal?1504
interminate1533
termlessa1542
brinkless1567
without limit1572
uncompassed1577
limitlessa1586
beginningless1587
untermedc1595
boundless1599
illimitate1602
illimited1602
unbeginning1605
incomprehense1606
inconjectable1609
uncircumscribed1610
borderless1611
confinelessa1616
finelessa1616
unconfined1629
uninchoative1649
indefinite1664
incircumscript1677
imprincipiate1683
ensophic1693
interminateda1734
unhorizoned1811
unencompasseda1822
unterminated1853
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > uncreated
unaginc1225
uncreated1549
increated1552
unbegotten1561
unbegot1597
increate1849
innascible1852
unbeginning1887
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 12 [The world is] nought but All, in't selfe including All: An vn-beginning mid-lesse, end-lesse Ball.
1760 W. Law Coll. Lett. Interesting & Important Subj. ix. 132 The unbeginning, never-ending, never-changing Trinity of Love.
1772 tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum iv, in Wks. III. 18 Threefold in its eternal unbeginning Birth.
1842 E. B. Barrett tr. M. Margunius in Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 19 Mar. 252/1 That unbeginning light of thine.
1887 E. Johnson Antiqua Mater 217 The doctrine of the unbeginning and unknowable God.
Derivatives
unbeˈginningly adv.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb]
without metc1175
unendlyc1230
endless138.
infinitely1413
interminably1447
incomprehensibly1531
in infinitum1564
ad infinitum1596
unboundably1607
unlimitedly1609
illimitedlya1631
unconfinedly1655
boundlessly1674
unbeginningly1674
illimitably1755
infinitesimally1801
limitlessly1834
measurelessly1839
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 165 You can no wayes halve them, and say, This half is unbeginningly, and that unendingly.
unbeˈginningness n.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [noun]
endlessness1340
everbleving1340
infinityc1374
everlastingnessa1382
immensityc1450
infiniteness1534
infinition?1605
illimitation1610
immenseness1610
incomprehensibleness1611
incircumscriptibleness1615
boundlessnessa1619
indefinity1623
unlimitedness1631
unboundedness1640
infinitude1641
incomprehensibility1650
incircumscription1651
ever-beingness1674
extendlessnessa1676
indefinitudea1676
uncircumscribedness1679
interminability1681
interminableness1682
illimitedness1703
limitlessness1839
illimitability1841
illimitableness1845
uncircumscription1852
unconditionedness1854
unbeginningness1862
beginninglessness1865
ever-duringness1868
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 35 By the un~beginningness of transmigration.
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