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Definitions for: Inexorable [adj] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"
[adj] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
Webster (1913) Definition: In*ex"o*ra*ble, a. [L. inexorabilis: cf. F.
inexorable. See In- not, and Exorable, Adore.]
Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm;
determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless;
as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge.
``Inexorable equality of laws.'' --Gibbon. ``Death's
inexorable doom.'' --Dryden.
You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times
more than tigers of Hyrcania. --Shak.
Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, grim, implacable, inflexible, intransigent, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
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