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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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…
  2. Ĭr/re-prōach'a-ble-ness, n.p. 718The quality or state of being not reproachable.
  3. Ir're-prōach'a-bly, adv.p. 718In a manner not to deserve reproach; blamelessly; as, deportment irreproachably upright.
  4. Ir're-prov'a-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being justly reproved; blameless; upright.
  5. Ĭr're-prov'a-ble-ness, n.p. 718The quality of being irreprovable.
  6. Ir're-prov'a-bly, adv.p. 718So as not to be liable to reproof or blame.
  7. Ir're-sil'i-ent, a.p. 718Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding.
  8. Ir'rep-ti'tiōüs, a.p. 718Secretly introduced. [Rare.]
  9. Ir-rēp'ū-ta-ble, a.p. 718Disreputable. [Obs.]
  10. Ir're-sist'ance, n.p. 718Forbearance to resist; non-resistance; passive submission.
  11. Ir're-sist'i-bil'i-ty, n.p. 718The quality of being irresistible; power or force beyond resistance or opposition.
  12. 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.
  13. Ir're-sist'i-ble-ness, n.p. 718The quality of being irresistible.
  14. Ir're-sist'i-bly, adv.p. 718In a manner not to be successfully resisted or opposed.
  15. Ir're-sist'less, a.p. 718Incapable of being resisted. [Obs.] Glanville.
  16. 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…
  17. Ir-rēş'o-lu-ble-ness, n.p. 718The quality of being indissoluble; resistance to separation of parts.
  18. 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…
  19. Ir-rēş'o-lūte-ly, adv.p. 718Without resolution.
  20. Ir-rēz'o-lūte-ness, n.p. 718Want of resolution; vacillation; irresolution.
  21. 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…
  22. Ĭr're-sŏlv'a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 718The state or quality of not being resolvable.
  23. 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.
  24. Ir're-sōlv'a-ble-ness, n.p. 718The quality of being irresolvable.
  25. Ir're-sōlv'ed-ly, adv.p. 718Without settled determination.
  26. 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…
  27. 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.)
  28. Ir-rĕs'pi-ra-ble, a.p. 718Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as, irrespirable air.
  29. Ĭr're-spŏn'si-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 718Want of responsibility.
  30. Ir're-spōn'si-ble, a.p. 718Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not to be relied upon or trusted.
  31. Ir're-spōn'si-bly, adv.p. 718So as not to be responsible.
  32. Ĭr/re-sŭs'ci-ta-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being revived.
  33. Ĭr're-sŭs'çi-ta-bly, adv.p. 718So as not to be resuscitable.
  34. Ir're-tēn'tive, a.p. 718Not retentive or apt to retain.
  35. Ir/re-trāce'a-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being retraced.
  36. Ĭr're-triēv'a-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of recovery or repair; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss. Syn.—Irremediable; incurable; irreparable; irrecoverable.
  37. Ir're-triēv'a-ble-ness, n.p. 718The state of being irretrievable.
  38. Ir're-trīēv'a-bly, adv.p. 718In a manner not to be retrieved; irreparably.
  39. Ir're-tûrn'a-ble, a.p. 718Not to be returned. Mir. for Mag.
  40. Ir're-vēal'a-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being revealed.
  41. Ir're-vēal'a-bly, adv.p. 718So as not to be revealable.
  42. 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.
  43. 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.
  44. 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…
  45. Ir-rĕ'v'er-ent-ly, adv.p. 718In an irreverent manner.
  46. 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.…
  47. Ir're-vēr'si-ble-ness, n.p. 718State of being irreversible.
  48. Ir're-vēr's'i-bly, adv.p. 718In a manner which precludes a reversal or repeal.
  49. Ir-rĕv'o-ca-bil'i-ty, n.p. 718The state of being irrevocable.
  50. Ir-rĕv'o-ca-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being recalled or revoked; as, an irrevocable decree; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise. Firm and irrevocable is my doom. Shak.
  51. Ir-rĕv'o-ca-ble-ness, n.p. 718The state of being irrevocable; irrevocability.
  52. Ir-rē'vō-ca-bly, adv.p. 718Beyond recall; in a manner precluding recall or reversion.
  53. Ir're-vōk'a-ble, a.p. 718Incapable of being recalled; irrevocable.
  54. Ir-rē'v'o-lu-ble, a.p. 718That has no revolution. [Obs.] In supereminence of beatific vision, progressing the dateless and irrevocable circle of eternity, [they] shall clasp inseparable hands with joy and bliss in…
  55. Ir'rhe-tōr'ie-al, a.p. 718Not rhetorical. [Rare.]
  56. Ir'ri-gāte, v. t.p. 718To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew. 2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon and over it.
  57. Ir'ri-gā'tion, n.p. 718The act of watering or moistening; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
  58. Ir-rig'ū-oŭs, a.p. 718Watered; watery; moist. The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton. Fanned by the breath of zephyrs, and with rills From bubbling founts irriguous. Glover. 2. Dewy; moist.…
  59. Ir-rĭ'sion, n.p. 718The act of laughing at another; derision. “This being spoken sceptic, or by way of irrision.” Chapman.
  60. Ĭr'ri-ta-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 718The quality of being easily irritated; susceptibility to excitement; the state of being irritable; vexation; exasperation; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper. 2. (Physiol.) (a.) A healthful…