† undepartableadj.
Obsolete.
Inseparable; indivisible.
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. iii. 120 No wise man ne may doute of þe vndepartable peyne of shrewes.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Luke 1st Prol. Bi the entringe of the generacioun of vndepartable God.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xxvii. 97 Ioyne me to þe wiþ an undepartable bonde of loue.
1483 Cath. Angl. 96 Vn Departiabylle, indiuisibilis, indiuiduus.
Derivatives
undeˈpartableness n.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being > state of being indivisible or inseparable
undepartablenessc1449
inseparableness1598
inseparability1623
indivision1624
indivisibility1647
unpartableness1647
impartibility1656
cleavelessness1674
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 15 Tweyne pointis of matrimonie, which ben vndepartabilnes and fleischli vce of bodies into childe bigeting.
undeˈpartably adv.
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c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 245 Oon man to have bi the lawe oon wyf undepartabili.
a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) vi. viii. 244/2 There wolde no man knytte hym undepartably to ony woman.
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