Dictionary entry

Ineluctable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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. inéluctable. See Eluctate.] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson.

The ineluctable conditions of matter. Hamerton.