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<h1>Inevidence</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev"i*dence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>in\'82vidence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of evidence; obscurity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Inevident</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev"i*dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>in\'82vident</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.</def>

<h1>Inevitability</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev`i*ta*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>in\'82vitabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.</def>

<i>Shelford.</i>

<h1>Inevitable</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev"i*ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inevitabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>in\'82vitable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Evitable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.</def> "The <i>inevitable</i> hour."

<i>Gray.</i>

<blockquote>It was <b>inevitable</b>; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Irresistible.</def> "<i>Inevitable</i> charms."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Inevitableness</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev"i*ta*ble*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.</def>

<i>Prideaux.</i>

<h1>Inevitably</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ev"i*ta*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.</def>

<blockquote><b>Inevitably</b> thou shalt die. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How <b>inevitably</b> does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inexact</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*act"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>exact</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inexact</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.</def>

<h1>Inexactitude</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*act"i*tude</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inexactness; uncertainty; <as>as, geographical <ex>inexactitude</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Inexactly</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*act"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.</def>

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