ineluctable fate

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• ineluctable — [in΄i luk′tə bəl] adj. [L ineluctabilis < in , not + eluctabilis, that can be resisted by struggling < eluctari, to struggle < ex , out + luctari, to struggle < IE base * leug , to bend > LOCK1, Gr lygos, supple twig] not to be… …   English World dictionary

• fate — /fayt/, n., v., fated, fating. n. 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind. 2. the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the… …   Universalium

• ineluctable — adjective Etymology: Latin ineluctabilis, from in + eluctari to struggle clear of, from ex + luctari to struggle, wrestle; akin to Latin luxus dislocated more at lock Date: circa 1623 not to be avoided, changed, or resisted ; inevitable < an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ineluctable — /ɪnəˈlʌktəbəl/ (say inuh luktuhbuhl) adjective that cannot be escaped from, as a fate: *He is weak, middle aged, not equal to the drink he consumes; its ineluctable progress may be read in the vascular spider on his nose –david foster, 1981.… …  

• ineluctable — Synonyms and related words: absolute, apodictic, bound, certain, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, conclusive, decisive, definite, determinate, fated, fateful, indefeasible, ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Hellenistic biological sciences — R.J.Kankinson The five centuries that separate Aristotle’s death in 322 BC from Galen’s ascendancy in Rome in the latter part of the second century AD were fertile ones for the biological sciences, in particular medicine. Nor is the period solely …   History of philosophy

• inevitable — 1 Inevitable, ineluctable, inescapable, unescapable, unavoidable are comparable when meaning incapable of being shunned or evaded. Inevitable (see also CERTAIN) implies that causes are already in operation or that the conditions (as of one s… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Certainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Certainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 certainty certainty Sgm: N 1 necessity necessity &c. 601 Sgm: N 1 certitude certitude surety assurance Sgm: N 1 dead certainty dead certainty moral certainty …   English dictionary for students

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• DESTIN — S’il faut définir philosophiquement le destin, le résultat de cette conceptualisation doit contenir l’expression, d’une part, d’un déterminisme et, d’autre part, d’une saisie de ce déterminisme au moment de la mort: mort par anticipation ou… …   Encyclopédie Universelle