Ineluctable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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; inescapable;
     inevitable. --Bp. Pearson.
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           The ineluctable conditions of matter.    --Hamerton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ineluctable
       adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an
             ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: {inescapable},
              {unavoidable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineluctable":
     absolute, apodictic, bound, certain, clear, clear and distinct,
     clear as day, conclusive, decisive, definite, determinate, fated,
     fateful, indefeasible, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible,
     inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable,
     necessary, perfectly sure, positive, predestined, predetermined,
     relentless, resistless, sure, sure as death, sure as fate,
     sure-enough, true, unambiguous, unavoidable, uncontrollable,
     undeflectable, unequivocal, unevadable, univocal, unmistakable,
     unpreventable, unstoppable, unyielding