单词 | unlimitable |
释义 | unlimitableadj. That cannot be limited or restricted; having no limits; illimitable.Frequent in 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed incomprehensiblea1340 interminablec1374 indeterminable1486 uncompassable?1536 incircumscriptible1550 unlimitable1576 uncircumscriptible1577 immensible1579 illimitable1596 uncircumscribable1608 abyssal1609 unboundable1622 undeterminable1633 indefinible1652 unterminablea1677 exterminable1813 1576 G. Gascoigne Droomme of Doomes Day ii. vii. sig. F.viv God is..of a holynesse and righteousnesse perfectly vnlimytable. 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. vi. sig. C O vnlimitable impudencie! 1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 6 Neither is it necessary to the freedom of a Prince, that He should be unlimitable in all things, and beyond controll as well when He destroys, as when He saves. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (1694) i. ii. 9 An Absolute, Arbitrary, Unlimited, and Unlimitable Power. 1716 M. Davies Diss. Author & Oecon. Lat. Drama 33 in Athenæ Britannicæ III In talking so much..of other People's unlimitable Liberty of Thinking and Worshipping. 1785 T. L. O'Beirne Let. Proposed Syst. Commerce 24 The uncontrolable, unlimitable independency of our legislature in all matters, as well commercial as political. 1825 P. Miller Short Narr. Facts Relative to Invention & Pract. of Steam 11 The possibility of applying to the propulsion of his own vessels the unlimitable power of steam. 1896 Monist 7 133 The spiritual world is a new creation above the physical world, the wealth of which is unlimitable. 1955 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 49 903/2 From this very complexity he draws the hopeful conclusion that nationalism is not unchanging, unlimitable, or even eternal. 1996 F. Ferré Being & Value iv. 99 Even though the divine nature was understood as good, benevolent, just, and so on..,God's unlimitable will must transcend and choose even those qualities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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