Hypertext Webster Gateway: "implacable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Implacable \Im*pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not +
placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See {Placable}.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being
pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

I see thou art implacable. --Milton.

An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.

2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
[R.]

O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.

Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a
dolorous groan. --Milton.

Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting;
relentless; unyielding.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

implacable
adj : impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy" [ant: {placable}]


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