Im-mense', a

& s. [Fr., from Lat. immensus= immeasurable: im- = in- =not, and mens us, pa. par. of metior =to measure; Ital. & Sp. immenso.] A. As adj .: Unbounded, unlimited, immeasurable, vast, very great, very large, enormous. "Distrust, which respect for his immense power prevented them from fully expre ing." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xiii. B. As subst.: Unlimited or boundle space or ex. panse. "Pearly battlements around Looked o'er the immense of heaven." Shelley: Queen Mab , ii. For the difference between immense and enor mous , see ENORMOUS.