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<h1>Inexistent</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*ist"ent</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>existent</ets>.]</ety> <def>Inherent; innate; indwelling.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Inexorability</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ex`o*ra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inexorabilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inexorabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty.</def>

<i>Paley.</i>

<h1>Inexorable</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ex"o*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inexorabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inexorable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Exorable</er>, <er>Adore</er>.]</ety> <def>Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; <as>as, an <ex>inexorable</ex> prince or tyrant; an <ex>inexorable</ex> judge.</as></def> "<i>Inexorable</i> equality of laws." <i>Gibbon</i>. "Death's <i>inexorable</i> doom."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>You are more inhuman, more <b>inexorable</b>, O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inexorableness</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ex"o*ra*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being inexorable.</def>

<i>Chillingworth.</i>

<h1>Inexorably</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ex"o*ra*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inexorable manner; inflexibly.</def> "<i>Inexorably</i> firm."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Inexpansible</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*pan"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension.</def>

<i>Tyndall.</i>

<h1>Inexpectable</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In`ex*pect"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not to be expected or anticipated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Inexpectant</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In"ex*pect"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not expectant.</def>

<i>C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Inexpectation</h1> <Xpage=757>

<hw>In*ex`pec*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Absence of expectation.</def>

<i>Feltham.</i>

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