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单词 undividable
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undividableadj.n.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: undiˈvidable.
Now rare.
A. adj.
Incapable of being divided; indivisible.
ΚΠ
1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Iiijv A person is an undeuidable substaunce in vnderstandyng.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 97 In respect of which selfe qualitie, Galen tearmeth them vndiuidable.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 215 Hee knew iustification and sanctification to be vndiuidable.
1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 82 Eternity..in it's undividable unity.
1831 T. Hope Ess. Origin Man I. 48 Since mere space is undividable in parts separate from each other.
B. n.
An indivisible thing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or unity of being > that which is indivisible
individuality1631
undividablea1739
impartible1788
imparticipable1789
monolith1880
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. iv. viii. 323 Reducing the undivideables into money, he shared it among his company.
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