Ĭn'e-lŭc'ta-ble, a.

a. [Lat. ineluctabilis, from prefix in, not, and eluctabilis, to be surmounted; from eluctari, to struggle out of, to surmount; from prefix e, out of, from, and luctari, to struggle, strive; Fr. inéluctable, It. ineluttabile.] Not to be resisted by struggling; not to be overcome. [Obs.] Pearson.