Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EV'IT-A-BLE
IN-EV-IT-A-BIL'I-TYIN-EV'IT-A-BLE-NESS
IN-EV'IT-A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. inevitabilis; in and evitabilis, from evito, to shun.]
Not to be avoided; that can not be shunned; unavoidable; that admits of no escape or evasion. To die is the inevitable lot of man; we are all subjected to many inevitable calamities.
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