Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EX'O-RA-BLE
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IN-EX'O-RA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. inexorabilis; in and exorabilis, from exoro, to entreat; ex and oro, to pray.]
- Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; too firm and determined in purpose to yield to supplication; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge.
- Unyielding; that can not be made to bend. Inexorable equality of laws. Gibbon.
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