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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ir're-pēal'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 718The quality of being irrepealable.Ir're-pēal'a-ble, a. p. 718Not capable of being repealed or annulled.Ir're-pēal'a-ble-ness, n. p. 718Irrepealability.Ir're-pēal'a-bly, adv. p. 718Beyond the power of repeal.Ir're-pēnt'ance, n. p. 718Want of repentance; impenitence. Mountague.Ir're-plēv'i-a-ble or Ir're-plēv'i-sa-ble, a. p. 718(Law.) Not capable of being replevied.Ir-rēp're-hēn'si-ble, a. p. 718Not reprehensible; not to be blamed or censured.Ir-rĕp're-hĕn'si-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being irreprehensible.Ir-rēp're-hĕn'si-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner not to incur blame; without blame.Ir-rēp're-sent'a-ble, a. p. 718Not capable of being represented.Ir're-press'i-ble, a. p. 718Not capable of being repressed; as, an irrepressible conflict. H. H. Seward.Ĭr're-prĕss'i-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner or degree that can not be repressed.Ir're-prōach'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being justly reproached; free from blame; upright; innocent. He [Berkeley] erred, — and who is free from error? — but his intentions were irreproachable, and his conduct as a man and a…Ĭr/re-prōach'a-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality or state of being not reproachable.Ir're-prōach'a-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner not to deserve reproach; blamelessly; as, deportment irreproachably upright.Ir're-prov'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being justly reproved; blameless; upright.Ĭr're-prov'a-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being irreprovable.Ir're-prov'a-bly, adv. p. 718So as not to be liable to reproof or blame.Ir're-sil'i-ent, a. p. 718Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding.Ir'rep-ti'tiōüs, a. p. 718Secretly introduced. [Rare.]Ir-rēp'ū-ta-ble, a. p. 718Disreputable. [Obs.]Ir're-sist'ance, n. p. 718Forbearance to resist; non-resistance; passive submission.Ir're-sist'i-bil'i-ty, n. p. 718The quality of being irresistible; power or force beyond resistance or opposition.Ir're-sist'i-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason.Ir're-sist'i-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being irresistible.Ir're-sist'i-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner not to be successfully resisted or opposed.Ir're-sist'less, a. p. 718Incapable of being resisted. [Obs.] Glanville.Ir-rĕs'o-lu-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being dissolved, set free, or released. 2. Not admitting of relief; incapable of being calmed, quieted, or eased. [Obs. and rare.] The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls…Ir-rēş'o-lu-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being indissoluble; resistance to separation of parts.Ir-rĕs'o-lūte, a. p. 718Not resolute; not decided; wavering; given to doubt. Weak and irresolute is man: The purpose of to-day. Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. Couper. Syn. — Wavering; vacillating…Ir-rēş'o-lūte-ly, adv. p. 718Without resolution.Ir-rēz'o-lūte-ness, n. p. 718Want of resolution; vacillation; irresolution.Ir-rĕs/o-lū'tion, n. p. 718Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness. Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our…Ĭr're-sŏlv'a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 718The state or quality of not being resolvable.Ir're-sōlv'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being resolved. Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloud-like appearance which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars. Herschel.Ir're-sōlv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being irresolvable.Ir're-sōlv'ed-ly, adv. p. 718Without settled determination.Ĭr're-spĕct'ĭve, a. p. 718Not having regard to; — with of; as, irrespective of consequences. 2. Not regarding circumstances. [Obs.] According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will…Ĭr're-spĕct'ive-ly, adv. p. 718Without regard to; not taking circumstances into consideration. Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better and more desirable than adversity. (Aeth.)Ir-rĕs'pi-ra-ble, a. p. 718Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as, irrespirable air.Ĭr're-spŏn'si-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 718Want of responsibility.Ir're-spōn'si-ble, a. p. 718Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not to be relied upon or trusted.Ir're-spōn'si-bly, adv. p. 718So as not to be responsible.Ĭr/re-sŭs'ci-ta-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being revived.Ĭr're-sŭs'çi-ta-bly, adv. p. 718So as not to be resuscitable.Ir're-tēn'tive, a. p. 718Not retentive or apt to retain.Ir/re-trāce'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being retraced.Ĭr're-triēv'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of recovery or repair; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. Syn.—Irremediable; incurable; irreparable; irrecoverable.Ir're-triēv'a-ble-ness, n. p. 718The state of being irretrievable.Ir're-trīēv'a-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner not to be retrieved; irreparably.Ir're-tûrn'a-ble, a. p. 718Not to be returned. Mir. for Mag.Ir're-vēal'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being revealed.Ir're-vēal'a-bly, adv. p. 718So as not to be revealable.Ir-rĕv'er-ence, n. p. 718Absence or defect of reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior. 2. The state of being disregarded or treated with disrespect. [Rare.] Clarendon.Ir-rĕv'ĕr-end, a. p. 718Not reverent; disrespectful. [Obs.] If any man use immodest speech, or irreverend gesture or behavior, or otherwise be suspected in life, he is likewise admonished, as before. Strype.Ir-rĕv'er-ent, a. p. 718Not reverent; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being; wanting respect to superiority. Witness the irreverent son Of him who built the ark. Milton. 2. Proceeding from…Ir-rĕ'v'er-ent-ly, adv. p. 718In an irreverent manner.Ir're-vēr'si-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible decree or sentence. This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible.…Ir're-vēr'si-ble-ness, n. p. 718State of being irreversible.Ir're-vēr's'i-bly, adv. p. 718In a manner which precludes a reversal or repeal.