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   Endless (?), a. [AS. endeleás. See End.]
   1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, “an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.”
   
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   2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited.  Shak.
   
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   3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] “All loves are endless.”  Beau. & Fl.
   
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   4. Void of design; objectless; as, “an endless pursuit”.
   
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   5. having a linear or ribbonlike form with the two ends connected together, such as in a circle, ellipse, torus, or any other closed loop.  Belts or chains used in drive mechanisms are considered endless in this sense.  See endless chain.
   
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   Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.
   
   Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.
   
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