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undeˈclinable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
1. Gram. = indeclinable a. 3.
1530Palsgr. 77 Any other of the partes that be undeclynable. 1775Ash, Undeclinable.., not admitting a change of termination.
2. Unswerving; = indeclinable a. 1.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xxii. xxx. 919 An vndeclinable and sted-fast delight of not sinning.
3. Unavoidable; = indeclinable a. 2.
1652Charleton Darkn. Atheism Dispelled 242 The malignant impressions of the Stars, epidemick contagions, or other undeclinable Accidents. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1693) 107, I have shewn how blameless the Lord Keeper was, and that the Offence on his Part was undeclinable. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 90 At ev'ry Sense..Shall Horrors undeclinable rush in.
4. That cannot be refused.
1641Sir E. Dering Carmelite 20, I offer you a fair tryall, and Iudges undeclinable.
Hence undeˈclinably adv., † unswervingly.
1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacræ iii. iii. §15 Speaking of those souls which are undeclinably good. |