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unreˈmovable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
†1. Incapable of being moved; immovable; steady, firm, constant. Obs.
a1500in Ratis Raving, etc. 11 The erde remanis euermare vnremouable. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 476 It still remaineth vnremouable, that a signe and the thing signified, be distinct things. c1595Capt. Wyatt Dudley's Voy. (Hakl. Soc.) 25 Caryinge soe great a majestie in his march with such unremovable resolucions in his proceedings. a1642Bedell Erasmus in Fuller Abel Rediv. (1867) I. 91 He was of an unremoveable constancy. 1670Walton Lives, Wotten 72, I..contracted with him an unremovable affection.
2. = irremovable a. 1. Now rare.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. v, He manifested himself an un⁓removeable suiter to her daughter. 1614Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. viii. v, Their neernesse of abode was an unremoveable barre of peace. a1680Corbet Non-conf. Plea (1683) 25 Unnecessary terms, that are unlawful to them by unremovable doubts of conscience. a1740Waterland Sec. Def. Wks. 1823 III. 70 This..left the charge fixed and unremovable upon the Pagans. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 27 The lord Areskine, his constant and unremoveable guardian. 1802Sk. Paris II. xlvii. 123 The pretended unremoveable rights.
Hence unreˈmovableness.
1611Cotgr., Constance,..vnremoueablenesse. 1634Bp. Hall Contempl., Resurrection 276 They bragd of the surenesse of the place, and unremoveablenesse of that load. |