English Dictionary: ineluctable | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |