Firm and irrevocable is my doom. --Shak. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
irrévocable — [ irevɔkabl ] adj. • XVe; inrévocable 1315; lat. irrevocabilis 1 ♦ Qui ne peut être révoqué. Donation irrévocable. Arrêt, verdict, jugement irrévocable. Vœux, serments irrévocables, qui engagent définitivement. Décision irrévocable. ⇒ arrêté,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
irrevocable — ir·rev·o·ca·ble /ir re və kə bəl/ adj: not capable of being revoked the offer was irrevocable for ten days ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty n ir·rev·o·ca·bly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
irrevocable — ir‧rev‧o‧ca‧ble [ɪˈrevəkəbl] adjective impossible to change or stop: • The harm he had caused was substantial and irrevocable. * * * irrevocable UK US /ɪˈrevəkəbl/ adjective ► impossible to change: »The judge said that the option was an… … Financial and business terms
irrevocable — Irrevocable. adj. de tout genre. Qui ne peut estre revoqué. Serment irrevocable. loy irrevocable. donation irrevocable. la parole de Dieu est un arrest irrevocable … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
irrevocable — adjetivo 1. Que no se puede revocar: sentencia irrevocable. Es una decisión irrevocable, absolutamente definitiva, nos vamos de esta ciudad … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
irrevocable — [i rev′ə kə bəl] adj. [ME < MFr irrévocable < L irrevocabilis] that cannot be revoked, recalled, or undone; unalterable irrevocability n. irrevocableness irrevocably adv … English World dictionary
irrevocable — (adj.) also irrevokable, late 14c., from L. irrevocabilis that cannot be recalled, unalterable, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + revocabilis (see REVOKE (Cf. revoke)). Related: Irrevocably … Etymology dictionary
irrevocable — meaning ‘that cannot be changed or recalled’, is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable … Modern English usage
irrevocable — [adj] fixed, unchangeable certain, changeless, constant, doomed, established, fated, final, immutable, indelible, inevitable, invariable, irremediable, irretrievable, irreversible, lost, permanent, predestined, predetermined, settled, unalterable … New thesaurus
irrevocable — Irrevocable, Irreuocabilis. Plin … Thresor de la langue françoyse
