INELUCTABLE

ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable

(adjective) impossible to avoid or evade; “inescapable conclusion”; “an ineluctable destiny”; “an unavoidable accident”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ineluctable (comparative more ineluctable, superlative most ineluctable)

Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

Source: Wiktionary


In`e*luc"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. inéluctable. See Eluctate.]

Definition: Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson. The ineluctable conditions of matter. Hamerton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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