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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Ir-rĕv'o-ca-bil'i-ty, n. p. 718The state of being irrevocable.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.Ir-rĕv'o-ca-ble-ness, n. p. 718The state of being irrevocable; irrevocability.Ir-rē'vō-ca-bly, adv. p. 718Beyond recall; in a manner precluding recall or reversion.Ir're-vōk'a-ble, a. p. 718Incapable of being recalled; irrevocable.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…Ir'rhe-tōr'ie-al, a. p. 718Not rhetorical. [Rare.]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.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.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.…Ir-rĭ'sion, n. p. 718The act of laughing at another; derision. “This being spoken sceptic, or by way of irrision.” Chapman.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…Ir′ri-ta-ble, a. p. 718<br>1. Capable of being irritated.<br>2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.<br>3. (Physiol.) Susceptible of irritation. See…Ĭr'ri-ta-ble-ness, n. p. 718The quality of being irritable.Ir'ri-ta-bly, adv. p. 718In an irritable manner.Ir'ri-tan-cy, n. p. 718The state of being irritant.Ir'ri-tant, a. p. 718[Lat. irritans, irritantis, p. pr. of irritare. See IRRITATE.] Irritating. 2. [From Lat. irritus, from in, not, and ratus, established.] Rendering null and void. The states elected Harry, Duke of…Ir'ri-tant, n. p. 718That which irritates; that which causes pain, heat, or tension, either mechanically, as puncture or scarification; chemically, as alkalies and acids; or specifically, as cantharides. Dunglison. 2.…Ir'ri-tāte, v. t. p. 718To excite heat and redness in, as the skin or flesh of living animal bodies, as by friction; to inflame; to fret; as, to irritate a wounded part by a coarse bandage. 2. To increase the action or…ĭr'ri-tā'tion, n. p. 719The act of irritating or exciting; excitement, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; exasperation; anger. The whole body of the arts and…Ĭr'ri-tā'tive, a. p. 719Serving to excite or irritate; irritatory. 2. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever. Darwin.Ir'ri-ta-tō-ry, a. p. 719Exciting; producing irritation.Ir'ro-rāte, v. t. p. 719To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. [Obs.] Blount.Ĭr’ro-rā’tĭon, n. p. 719The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with dew. [Obs.] Chambers.Ir-rū'bric-al, a. p. 719Contrary to the rubric.Ir'ru-gāte, v. t. p. 719To wrinkle. [Obs.]Ir-rŭpt'ed, a. p. 719Broken with violence.Ir-rŭp'tion, n. p. 719A bursting in; a breaking, or sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, the irruptions of the sea. Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. Milton. 2.…Ir-rŭp'tive, a. p. 719Rushing in or upon.