Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ineluctable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ineluctable \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. in['e]luctable. See {Eluctate}.]
Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable.
--Bp. Pearson.
The ineluctable conditions of matter. --Hamerton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ineluctable
adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an
ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: {inescapable},
{unavoidable}]
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