Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IR-REV'O-CA-BLE
IR-RE-VO-CA-BIL'I-TY, or IR-REV'O-CA-BLE-NESSIR-REV'O-CA-BLY
IR-REV'O-CA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.]
Not to be recalled or revoked; that can not be reversed, repealed or annulled; as, an irrevocable decree, sentence, edict or doom; irrevocable fate; an irrevocable promise. Milton. Dryden.
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