† unseparableadj.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined > unseparated > inseparable
inseparable1398
unseparable1398
unseverable1579
undivorceable1884
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvi. v Þe onynge is vnseperable so þat þei mowe not afterward be parted atwynne.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 495/1 Was himself..companion to saynt Poule, & that so continuall and so vnseparable, yt..he neuer departed from him?
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Xx.iijv This is the beawtye vnseperable from the high bountye.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 67 Fire..hath in it both heate and brightnesse vnseparable.
1645 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (new ed.) 7 The first institution will be objected to have ordain'd marriage unseperable [1644: inseparable].
1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 5 Self-love..is an unseparable Passion of humane nature.
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 14/2 Placed between two Words joyned together in unseparable Concord.
Derivatives
unˈseparableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining > condition of being inseparable
unseparableness1587
inseparableness1598
inseparability1623
1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Qiiv Hee maketh the case of both alike in regarde of the propertie and vnseparablenes of the bande.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 496 The unseparableness of the prerogative from the person of the King.
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adj.1398