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Webster 1913 Edition


Inevitable

In-ev′i-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
inevitabilis
: cf. F.
inévitable
. See
In-
not, and
Evitable
.]
1.
Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
“The inevitable hour.”
Gray.
It was
inevitable
; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things.
Burke.
2.
Irresistible.
Inevitable charms.”
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inevitable

INEV'ITABLE

,
Adj.
[L. inevitabilis; in and evitabilis, from evito, to shun.] Not to be avoided; that cannot be shunned; unavoidable; that admits of no escape or evasion. To die is the inevitable lot of man; we are all subjected to many inevitable calamities.

Definition 2024


inévitable

inévitable

See also: inevitable

French

Adjective

inévitable m, f (plural inévitables)

  1. inevitable; unavoidable