Dictionary entry

Inevitable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐ev″i‐ta‐ble (?), a. [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. inévitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]

1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. “The inevitable hour.” Gray.

It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. Burke.

2. Irresistible. “Inevitable charms.” Dryden.