The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 Dictionary Definition: 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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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 Dictionary Definition: 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
WordNet (r) 2.0 Dictionary Definition: ineluctable
adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an
ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: {inescapable},
{unavoidable}]
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