Irrevocable

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:33:14

Ir*rev"o*ca*ble (?), a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F. irr'evocable. See In- not, and Revoke, and cf. Irrevocable.]

Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.

Firm and irrevocable is my doom. Shak.

-- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.

 

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