undeceivableadj.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adjective]
wislyc1000
sickera1225
firm1377
unfailingc1400
decided1439
suredc1450
sure1470
infirmat1487
delivered1499
fast and sure1528
undeceivablea1535
undoubteda1535
certainc1540
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
constant1611
positivea1616
square1632
formal1635
unapocryphal1644
inconditional1646
inconditionate1654
undeceitful1673
unshakeable1677
unproblematic1683
unprecarious1688
unerring1697
safe1788
hard1791
unproblematical1792
decisive1800
dead-on1889
hands down1900
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvi. sig. I.vv Shall you not lacke to enquyer, by what sure & vndeceiuable tokens, a man maye decerne ye true reuelacions from ye false illusions?
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 453 b Where be those irreproveable Testimonyes, and undeceiveable examples, whereupon you crake so lustely?
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) ii. iv. 220 The way that this Testimony hath come down to us is a certain and undeceivable way.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. viii. 26 These Rules are undeceivable with Authority.
2. Incapable of being deceived.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > liable to be deceived > not
undeceivable1608
unbeguileful1609
1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. i Shame not to haue the weake eyes of the world see that, which once your vndeceiuable Iudge shall see.
1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora ii. 20 They look on Sufferers for truth with His undeceiveable Eyes.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. viii. 113 His votaries who left the earth, Secure of bliss, around him undeceived Stood, undeceivable till then.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 88 An undeceivable common sense, and an obstinate rectitude.
Derivatives
undeˈceivableness n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [noun] > infallibility
unbeguilefulnessc1456
infalliblenessa1586
infallibility1611
inerrableness1620
inerrability1627
unerrability1628
unerrableness1646
unerrancy1646
undeceivableness1685
inerrancy1865
society > faith > sect > Christianity > person > [noun] > collective > undeceivableness or infallibility of
undeceivableness1685
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica Pref. p. xii To acknowledge the Autority and Undeceivedness..though not Undeceivableness or Infallibility of the ancient Catholick Church.
undeˈceivably adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb]
safelya1375
unfailably1555
undeceivably1564
infallibly1597
unerringly1645
inerrably1672
inerringly1755
unmistakingly1838
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb] > without being deceived
undeceivably1564
1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 314 b Tokens or markes, whereby we may truely and vndeceaueably knowe the true Catholyke and Apostolyke church.
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