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† unˈfailable, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
1. = infallible a. 2 a.
c1425St. Eliz. of Spalbeck in Anglia VIII. 108/15 Stronge and vnfaylabil preef of hool and clene virginite. Ibid. 113/41 Bi an vnfaillabil clock. 1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 10 Moste certayne..demonstracions of Geometrye, and vnfayleable experymentes. 1623Bp. Hall Gt. Impostor Wks. (1625) 509 Trust them not, till you haue tried them by that vnfaileable rule of righteousnesse. 1673O. Walker Educ. 49 [Religion] is a principle, universal, perfect, unfailable.
2. Incapable of failing; sure, reliable.
c1450Holland Howlat 383 Of Scotland the wer wall,..Our fais force to defend, and vnfalȝeable. 1553Short Catech. Edw. VI, 38 b, Christ, the author, earnest and vnfailable pledge of theyr fayth. 1643Trapp Comm. Gen. xvii. 7 The sure or unfailable mercies of David. 168.in Somers Tracts I. 276 That He left there one to be Heir of His Grace and Spirit, in a perpetual unfailable Succession.
Hence † unˈfailableness; -ably adv. Obs.
1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 350 By the degrees is *vnfaylably measured the hole circumference of the lande and sea. 1641Bp. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. viii. 71 This is perpetually and unfailably done by us.
1624― Peacemaker Wks. (1625) 538 Euery where extolling..the assurance and *vnfailablenesse of that comfort. 1644― Serm. Rem. Wks. (1660) 137 He takes all beleevers into the partnership of this comfortable unfailablenesse. |