Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-FAL'LI-BLE
IN-FAL-LI-BIL'I-TY, or IN-FAL'LI-BLE-NESSIN-FAL'LI-BLY
IN-FAL'LI-BLE, a. [Fr. infaillible; in and faillir, L. fallo.]
- Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; applied to persons. No man is infallible; to be infallible is the prerogative of God only.
- Not liable to fail, or to deceive confidence; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success. To whom he showed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs. Acts i.
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