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Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.

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  1. a. Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
  2. adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
  3. Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forest primeval." Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats.
  4. Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive;primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forestprimeval." Longfellow.From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats.
  5. j:100 s having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state