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English Dictionary: ineluctable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ineluctable
adj
  1. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
    Synonym(s): ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ineluctable \In`e*luc"ta*ble\, a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in-
      not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle
      out of, to surmount: cf. F. in[82]luctable. See {Eluctate}.]
      Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
      --Bp. Pearson.
  
               The ineluctable conditions of matter.      --Hamerton.
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