Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IR-REL'E-VANT
IR-REL'E-VAN-CYIR-REL'E-VANT-LY
IR-REL'E-VANT, a. [in and Fr. relever, to raise, from elever, lever, L. elevo, levo, to raise.]
Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not serving to support. We call evidence, testimony, and arguments irrelevant to a cause, when they are inapplicable to it, or do not serve to support it.
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