Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irrevocable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Irrevocable \Ir*rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F.
irr['e]vocable. See {In-} not, and {Revoke}, and cf.
{Irrevocable}.]
Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable;
irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or
decree; irrevocable fate.
Firm and irrevocable is my doom. --Shak.
-- {Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
irrevocable
adj : impossible to retract or revoke; "firm and irrevocable is my
doom"- Shakespeare [syn: {irrevokable}] [ant: {revocable}]
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