Inevitability
In‐ev′i‐ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inévitabilité.] Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. Shelford.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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In‐ev′i‐ta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inévitabilité.] Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. Shelford.
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.” ...
In‐ev″i‐ta‐ble‐ness (?), n. The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen. Prideaux.
In‐ev″i‐ta‐bly, adv. Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.Inevitably thou shalt die. Milton.How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! So...
In′ex‐act″ (?), a. [Pref. in- not + exact: cf. F. inexact.] Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
In′ex‐act″i‐tude (?), n. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.
In′ex‐act″ly, adv. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
In′ex‐act″ness, n. Incorrectness; want of exactness.
In′ex‐cit′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.
In′ex‐cit″a‐ble (?), a. [L. inexcitabilis from which one cannot be aroused. See In- not, and Excite.] Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.
In′ex‐cus″a‐ble (?), a. [L. inexcusabilis: cf. F. inexcusable. See Excuse.] Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.Therefore thou art inexcu...
In′ex‐cus″a‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being inexcusable; enormity beyond forgiveness. South.
In′ex‐cus″a‐bly, adv. With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.Inexcusably obstinate and perverse. Jortin.
In‐ex″e‐cra‐ble (?), a. That can not be execrated enough.
In‐ex″e‐cu′ta‐ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + executable: cf. F. inexécutable.] Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.
In‐ex′e‐cu″tion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + execution: cf. F. inexécution.] Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. Spence.
In′ex‐er″tion (?), n. Want of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness.
In′ex‐hal″a‐ble (?), a. Incapable of being exhaled. Sir T. Browne.
In′ex‐haust″ed (?), a. [Pref. in- not + exhausted: cf. F. inexhaustus.] Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.
In′ex‐haust″ed‐ly, adv. Without exhaustion.
In′ex‐haust′i‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.
In′ex‐haust″i‐ble (?), a. Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock...
In′ex‐haust″ive (?), a. Inexhaustible. Thomson.
In′ex‐ist″ (?), v. i. [Pref. in- in + exist.] To exist within; to dwell within.Substances inexisting within the divine mind. A. Tucker.
In′ex‐ist″ant (?), a. [Cf. F. inexistant. See 1st Inexistent.] Inexistent; not existing. Gudworth.
In′ex‐ist″ence (?), n. [Pref. in- in + existence.] (a) Inherence; subsistence. Bp. Hall. (b) That which exists within; a constituent. A. Tucker.
In′ex‐ist″ence, n. [Pref. in- in + existence: cf. F. inexistence.] Want of being or existence.