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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inevitable \In*ev"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. inevitabilis: cf F.
in['e]vitable. See {In-} not and {Evitable}.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable;
certain. ``The inevitable hour.'' --Gray.
It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted
in the nature of things --Burke.
2. Irresistible. ``Inevitable charms.'' --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inevitable
adj 1: incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable
result" [ant: {evitable}]
2: invariably occurring or appearing; "the inevitable changes
of the seasons"
n : an unavoidable event; "don't argue with the inevitable"
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