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<hw>Ir`re*fut"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>irrefutabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>irr\'82futable</ets>. See <er>Refute</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Ir`re*fut"a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Irregeneracy</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*gen"er*a*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unregeneracy.</def>

<h1>Irregeneration</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*gen`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An unregenerate state.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Irregular</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ir-</ets> not + <ets>regular</ets>: cf. F. <ets>irr\'82gulier</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; <as>as, an <ex>irregular</ex> line; an <ex>irregular</ex> figure; an <ex>irregular</ex> verse; an <ex>irregular</ex> physician; an <ex>irregular</ex> proceeding; <ex>irregular</ex> motion; <ex>irregular</ex> conduct, etc. Cf. <er>Regular</er>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most <b>irregular</b> they seem. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the <b>irregular</b> and wild Glendower. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many <b>irregular</b> meanders. <i>Jones.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.</syn>

<h1>Irregular</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.</def>

<h1>Irregularist</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is irregular.</def>

<i>Baxter.</i>

<h1>Irregularity</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg`u*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Irregularities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>irr\'82gularit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.</def>

<h1>Irregularly</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*lar*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an irregular manner.</def>

<h1>Irregulate</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make irregular; to disorder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Irregulous</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*reg"u*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Lawless.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Irrejectable</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*ject"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That can not be rejected; irresistible.</def>