irrevocableadj.

/ɪˈrɛvəkəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English inrevocable, 1600s–1700s irreˈvokable.

Etymology: < Latin irrevocābilis, < ir- (ir- prefix²) + revocābilis, < revocāre to recall: perhaps in part through French irrévocable (1357 in Godefroy Compl.). Irrevokable follows English revoke.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 89 Not content with the vsual Normane or Saxon word, would conuert the very Latine and Greeke word into vulgar French, as to say innumerable for innombrable, reuocable, irreuocable,..& such like, which are not naturall Normans nor yet French, but altered Latines.

That cannot be recalled.

1. That cannot be called, brought, fetched, or taken back; that is beyond recall or recovery. (In reference to past time or events often with admixture of sense 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable

uncoverlyc1225

irrevocable1382

returnless?1615

reverseless1630

unretrievable1684

irretrievable1695

retrieveless1703

revokeless1774

irredeemable1839

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxi. 5 For I the Lord ledde out my swerd of his sheethe irreuocable [gloss or that may not be clepid aȝen].

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xi. 42 Alas he..hath my loue entierly wyth hym, wherof inreuocable a yefte I doo make to hym.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa4^v Sith that he is gone irreuocable .

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 74 Irrevocable time is posting gone.

1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i. 1768 She is lost—most certain—gone irrevocable.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xii. 241 She sat..half wishing that the irrevocable yesterday had never come.

1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 345 Regarded historically these events belong to the irrevocable past.

2. That cannot be revoked, repealed, annulled, or undone; unalterable, irreversible. (The prevailing sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable

unchangeablea1340

immovablec1374

unmovablec1384

immutable1412

unvariablec1425

indeclinable1432

unmutable?a1439

incommutablec1450

irrevocable1490

impermutable1528

irrecoverable1540

inalterable?1541

unreformable1549

inchangeable1583

beyond (also past, without) recall1597

incontrollable1605

invariable1607

unalterable1611

unrecallable1611

untransmutable1611

unreversable1616

involublea1618

irreversible1629

irreducible1633

inconvertible1646

eternal1685

intransmutable1691

unconvertible1700

unvoidable1725

unmodifiable1798

irreformable1812

irrevertible1822

irredeemable1839

true1845

influxible1871

irrevisable1884

intransformable1887

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation

stable1297

undefeasible1461

unrevocable1464

irrevocable1490

incoverable1526

irrecoverable1540

unrepealable1574

uncancellable1606

unrecallable1611

inabrogable1617

unretractable1624

irreversible1629

unalterable1631

irrepealable1633

indeposable1673

irreclaimable1834

irretractable1880

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iv. 20 Bi the sentence irreuocable of theym [the gods].

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 269 As a seale and sure pledge of his irreuocable promise.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 82 Firme, and irreuocable is my doombe, Which I haue past vpon her, she is banish'd.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 128 The Laws of the Medes and Persians; which Laws were irrevocable.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 138 An hereditary aristocracy, assuming and asserting indefeasible, irrevocable rights and authority, wholly independent of the Nation.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xxii. 522 This tenant-right was equivalent to actual possession; it was perpetual and irrevocable.

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 81 You need feel certain that her decision of to-night is irrevocable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	irrevocable
释义	irrevocableadj. /ɪˈrɛvəkəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English inrevocable, 1600s–1700s irreˈvokable. Etymology: < Latin irrevocābilis, < ir- (ir- prefix²) + revocābilis, < revocāre to recall: perhaps in part through French irrévocable (1357 in Godefroy Compl.). Irrevokable follows English revoke.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xii. 89 Not content with the vsual Normane or Saxon word, would conuert the very Latine and Greeke word into vulgar French, as to say innumerable for innombrable, reuocable, irreuocable,..& such like, which are not naturall Normans nor yet French, but altered Latines. That cannot be recalled. 1. That cannot be called, brought, fetched, or taken back; that is beyond recall or recovery. (In reference to past time or events often with admixture of sense 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > irretrievable uncoverlyc1225 irrevocable1382 returnless?1615 reverseless1630 unretrievable1684 irretrievable1695 retrieveless1703 revokeless1774 irredeemable1839 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxi. 5 For I the Lord ledde out my swerd of his sheethe irreuocable [gloss or that may not be clepid aȝen]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xi. 42 Alas he..hath my loue entierly wyth hym, wherof inreuocable a yefte I doo make to hym. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ii. sig. Aa4^v Sith that he is gone irreuocable . View more context for this quotation 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 74 Irrevocable time is posting gone. 1706 N. Rowe Ulysses iv. i. 1768 She is lost—most certain—gone irrevocable. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xii. 241 She sat..half wishing that the irrevocable yesterday had never come. 1866 H. P. Liddon Bampton Lect. (1875) vi. 345 Regarded historically these events belong to the irrevocable past. 2. That cannot be revoked, repealed, annulled, or undone; unalterable, irreversible. (The prevailing sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable unchangeablea1340 immovablec1374 unmovablec1384 immutable1412 unvariablec1425 indeclinable1432 unmutable?a1439 incommutablec1450 irrevocable1490 impermutable1528 irrecoverable1540 inalterable?1541 unreformable1549 inchangeable1583 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 incontrollable1605 invariable1607 unalterable1611 unrecallable1611 untransmutable1611 unreversable1616 involublea1618 irreversible1629 irreducible1633 inconvertible1646 eternal1685 intransmutable1691 unconvertible1700 unvoidable1725 unmodifiable1798 irreformable1812 irrevertible1822 irredeemable1839 true1845 influxible1871 irrevisable1884 intransformable1887 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > not capable of revocation stable1297 undefeasible1461 unrevocable1464 irrevocable1490 incoverable1526 irrecoverable1540 unrepealable1574 uncancellable1606 unrecallable1611 inabrogable1617 unretractable1624 irreversible1629 unalterable1631 irrepealable1633 indeposable1673 irreclaimable1834 irretractable1880 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iv. 20 Bi the sentence irreuocable of theym [the gods]. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 269 As a seale and sure pledge of his irreuocable promise. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 82 Firme, and irreuocable is my doombe, Which I haue past vpon her, she is banish'd. View more context for this quotation 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. v. 128 The Laws of the Medes and Persians; which Laws were irrevocable. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 138 An hereditary aristocracy, assuming and asserting indefeasible, irrevocable rights and authority, wholly independent of the Nation. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire II. xxii. 522 This tenant-right was equivalent to actual possession; it was perpetual and irrevocable. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 81 You need feel certain that her decision of to-night is irrevocable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1382
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