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Meanings of primeval in English

Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.

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Usage of primeval in English
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Yet the Pontic soldiers' primeval attempt to survive was their own undoing.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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The basis of all this is the primeval dread of personal violence.
Where No Fear Was: A Book About Fear
3
There must be qualities of kinship in the primeval elements of character.
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
4
It really was too awful-likethe dwellers in caves of primeval days.
Chateau and Country Life in France
5
The monotonous sublimity of these primeval woods far exceeded my preconceived ideas.
The Englishwoman in America
6
We might have been groping in the heart of some primeval forest.
Three John Silence Stories
7
You ought to roam in the primeval forest, and take and kill.
The Pretty Lady
8
Love revives in men of my stamp, the primeval and undifferentiated tiger.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
9
He stood at the springs of creation and heard the primeval monotony.
The Longest Journey
10
The young end of the table heaved and quivered with primeval mirth.
The Divine Fire
11
We see it mingling itself with the primeval history of all nations.
Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes
12
Night still lingered amid the calm splendour of the vast, primeval forest.
Tales of the Wilderness
13
So they rejoiced as they supplied the wants of the primeval man.
The Eyes of the Woods: A Story of the Ancient Wilderness
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The atmosphere of wild nature and primeval human passion is well sustained.
The Happy Family
15
But the primeval people of the Clan created no legacy of art.
The Shelters of Stone
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Here, too, were primeval forests visible from the windows of the car.
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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