Part 6080

<h1>Irresistibleness</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*sist"i*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being irrestible.</def>

<h1>Irresistibly</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*sist"i*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an irrestible manner.</def>

<h1>Irresistless</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*sist"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Irresistible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Irresoluble</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*res"o*lu*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>irresolubilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>irr\'82soluble</ets>. See <er>Resoluble</er>, and cf. <er>Irresolvable</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Incapable of being relieved or assisted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The second is in the <b>irresoluble</b> condition of our souls after a known sin committed. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Irresolubleness</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*res"o*lu*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.</def>

<h1>Irresolute</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*res"o*lute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ir-</ets> not + <ets>resolute</ets>: cf. F. <ets>irr\'82solu</ets>, L. <ets>irresolutus</ets> not loosened.]</ety> <def>Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.</def>

<blockquote>Weak and <b>irresolute</b> is man. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ir*res"o*lute*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ir*res"o*lute*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Irresolution</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir*res`o*lu"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>irr\'82solution</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.</def>

<blockquote><b>Irresolution</b> on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Irresolvability</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*solv`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.</def>

<h1>Irresolvable</h1> <Xpage=789>

<hw>Ir`re*solv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ir-</ets> not + <ets>resolvable</ets>. Cf. <er>Irresoluble</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.</def>

<cs><col>Irresolvable nebul\'91</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>nebul\'91 of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars.</cd></cs><-- Which are often galaxies: see under Galaxy "the term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars" -->