irreprehensibly 
irreprehensibly (i-rep-re-lien'si-bli), <utr. In 
mi vreprehennDlc manner: so as to lie irrepre- 
hensible; without bliiinr. 
irrepresentable (i-rep-rf-en'tf-bl). u. [< i- ;) 
+ rvpresentable.] Not represent!! Me; incapa- 
ble of being represented ; not admitting of rep- 
resentation. 
Ood'a irrfpresentable nature doth hold aKniiiHt making 
imagce of (iixl. Stillinyjlcet. 
irrepressible (ir-e-pres'i-bl), u. [= F. irrf- 
lnTaxilili- ; as in- 3 -r rtpnuible.] Not repres- 
sible ; incapable of being repressed, restrained, 
or k<'jit under control. 
His irrepressible wrath at honour's wound! 
1'aHsion and mildness irrepressible? 
Browning, Ring and Book, IV. 1129. 
Irrepressible conflict. See conflict. 
irrepressibly (ir-e-pres'i-bh), adv. In an irre- 
pressible manner or degree ; so as to preclude 
repression. 
irreproachable (ir-e-pro'cha-bl), a. [= F. ir- 
n jinichablc = Sp. irreprochable ; as in- 3 + re- 
proachable.] Not reproachable ; not open to re- 
proach or criticism ; free from blame. 
He was a serious, sincere Christian, of an Innocent, ir- 
reproachable, nay, exemplary life. Bp. Atterbury. 
lie was irreproachable in his morals. 
Prewott, Ferd. and Isa., U. 25. 
= Syn.I''nblamable, blameless, spotles8,immaculate,fault- 
less. 
irreproachableness (ir-e-pro'cha-bl-nes), . 
The quality or state of being irreproachable. 
irreproachably (ir-e-pro'cha-bli), adv. In an 
irreproachable manner; blamelessly. 
irreproducible (i-re-pro-du'si-bl), a. [< <H- + 
reproducible.] Not reproducible ; incapable of 
being reproduced. 
Our science is by no means the only one concerned 
with phenomena which are at present to a large extent 
irreproducible. I'm. Soc. Psych. Hesearch, 1. 149. 
irreproductive (i-re-pro-duk'tiv), a. [= F. ir- 
n jiioductif; as i- 3 + reproductire.] Not re- 
productive; incapable of reproducing lire- 
productive function. See function. 
irreprovable (ir-e-pro'va-bl), a. [= It. irrcpro- 
babile; as i-3 + reproviible.] Not reprovable; 
not liable to reproof ; blameless; unblamable. 
These men he [our blessed Saviour] chose to call from 
their irrepromble employment of Ashing. 
1. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 48. 
If among this crowd of virtues a failing crept in, we 
must remember that mi apostle himself has not been t>- 
repromble. Dp. Atterbury, Character of Luther. 
irreprovableness (ir-e-pro'ya-bl-nes), H. The 
character or state of being irreprovable. 
irreproyably (ir-e-pro'va-bH), adv. So as not 
to be liable to reproof or blame. 
irreptiont (i-rep'shon), it. [< LL. irreptio(u-), 
inreptio(n-), a creeping in, < L. irrepere, in- 
repere, creep in, < in, in, + repere, creep: see 
reptile.] A creeping in ; stealthy entrance, as 
of a harmful influence. 
By continual watchfulness ... we shall lessen the in- 
clination, and account fewer sudden irreptions. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1S35), I. 211. 
irreptitioust (ir-ep-tish'us), a. [< L. irreptus, 
pp. of irrepere, inrepere, creep in (see irrep- 
tioii),+ -itious,&8 in arreptitiouJ^, surreptitious.] 
Creeping in; stealthily introduced; surrepti- 
tious. ('iisteU. 
irreputablet (i-rep'u-ta-bl), a. [< ii-a + rep- 
iitiible.] Not reputable ; disreputable. 
Nor does he [Socrates] declare against their [the Athe- 
nians'] most predominant and not irrcputable vices. 
Bp. Law, Life and Character of Christ. 
3189 
irresistibleness (ir-e-zis'ti-bl-nes), n. The 
c|ii:ilitv or state, of being irresistible: irresi^ii 
bility." 
For the remotenesse, violence, irremstitttenetwe of the 
blow, are the enemies of the church described by the 
speare and dart. /p'/< Hall, Defeat of Cruelty. 
irresistibly (ir-e-zis'ti-bli), adv. In an irresist- 
ible manner; so as to be irresistible. 
If the doctrine of evolution had not existed, palason- 
tologists must have invented it, so irresistibly Is It forced 
upon the mind by the study of the remains of the Ter- 
tiary mammulia which have been brought to light since 
l.-.v.i. Iluiley, On " The Origin of Species." 
irresistlesst (ir-e-zist'les), a. [< in- 3 + resist- 
les. The negative is erroneously duplicated, 
namely. t- 3 and -lens.] Incapable of being 
resisted ; irresistible. [A barbarous coinage.] 
When beauty in distress appears, 
Au irresigtless charm it bears. 
Yalden, In Allusion to Horace, Odes, ii. 4. 
Rome, that shall stretch her irresullem reign 
Wherever Ceres views her golden grain. 
Grainger, tr. of Tibullns's Elegies, il 5. 
irresoluble (i-rez'6-lu-bl), a. [= F. irresolu- 
ble = Sp. irresoluble = Pg. irresoluvel = It. )'- 
resolubile, < L. irresolubilis, inresolubilis, not to 
be dissolved, < in- priv. + (LL.) resolubiliu, that 
may be dissolved : see resoluble.] 1. Not res- 
oluble; incapable of being resolved into ele- 
ments or parts ; indissoluble. 
It may be here alledged that the productions of chem- 
ical analyses are simple bodies, and upon that account 
t'rraoJuWe. Boyle, Works, IV. 74. 
2f. Incapable of being released or relieved. 
The irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin 
committed. /;/ . Hall, Cases of Conscience, iii. 9. 
irresolubleness (i-rez'6-lu-bl-nes), n. The 
quality of being irresoluble; incapability of 
or resistance to resolution or separation of 
parts. 
Quercetanus himself, though the grand stickler for the 
trla prirna, has this confession of the irresolubleness of dia- 
monds. Boyle, Works, I. 514. 
irresolute (i-rez'o-lut), . [= F. irresoln = 
Sp. Pg. irresoluto = lt. irresolute, irrisoluto, < L. 
irrcsolutus, inresolutus, not loosed, < in- priv. + 
rcsolutus, loosed, resolved: see resolute.] Not 
resolute or firm in purpose ; unable to form a 
resolution ; wavering ; given to doubt or hesi- 
tation. 
A lukewarm, irresolute Man did never any thing well. 
Howell, Letters, ii. 1. 
The Scripture therefore alloweth not to the irresolute 
and the inconstant the name of men ; they are said to be 
children, tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. xxiii. 
Syn. Vacillating, hesitating, undecided, unsettled, fal- 
tering. 
irresolutely (i-rez'o-lut-li), adv. In an irreso- 
lute or wavering manner. 
irresoluteness (i-rez'o-lut-nes), n. The state 
of being irresolute. 
irresolution (i-rez-o-lu'shon), . [= F. irreso- 
lution = Sp. irresolucion = Pg. irresoluySo = It. 
irresoluzioHe ; as t- 3 + resolution, after irreso- 
lute.] Lack of resolution ; lack of decision or 
purpose ; vacillation. 
I was weary of continual irresolution, and a perpetual 
equipoise of the mind. Johnton, Rambler, No. 1)6. 
=Syn. Indecision, hesitancy, wavering, faltering, 
irresolvability(ir-e-zol-va-biri-ti), H. [< irre- 
solvable: see -bility'.] Absence of resolvability ; 
the state or quality of being irresolvable. 
.,. . irresolvable (ir-e-zol'va-bl), a. [< in-3 + re- 
irresilient (ir-e-sil i-ent), a. [< i- 3 + resihcnt.] 6 . fc o 6te.] Not resolvable ; incapable of being 
Not resilient. resolved. 
The irresolvable nebula: which exhibit bright lines in 
all probability consist ... of glowing gas without any- 
thing solid in them. 
J. Crott, Climate and Cosmology, p. 808. 
irresolyableness (ir-e-zol'va-bl-nes), . lire- 
solvability. 
irresolved (ir-e-zolvd'), a. [< tn-S + resulted.] 
Not resolved; irresolute; not settled in opin- 
ion; undetermined. 
Many ingenious men continue yet irresnlerd in this no- 
ble controversy. Boyle, Works, III. 19. 
While a person Is irresoloed, he suffers all the force of 
temptation to call upon him. 
StUKngJteet, Sermons, IV. xi. 
irresolyedly (ir-e-zol'ved-li), adr. Without set- 
tled opinion; inconclusively. [Rare.] 
irresistance (ir-e-zis'tans), n. [< in-3 + 
tancf.] Non-resistance; passive submission. 
I'aticnce under utfiinitg and injuries, humility, irresis- 
tit'icf. Paley, Evidences, II. 2. 
irresistibility (ir-e-zis-ti-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. ir- 
n : xifitilii/iti : = Sp. irri'xifitibilidticl = Pg. irresisti- 
liiliiluilf; ;is in-1'fiintilile + -ity: sfe-l>ility.] The 
quality of lieing irresistible. 
With what dreadful pomp is Capaneus ushered in here ! 
in what bol.l colours has the Poet drawn his impetuosity 
and irresistibility ! 
H'. L. Lewis, tr. of Statins's Thebaid, x. 1059, note. 
irresistible (ir-e-zis'ti-bl), a. [= F. irresistible 
= Sp. irrcxititibic = Pg. irresistirel = It. irresin- 
tiliilc; us i >i-3 + resistible.] Not resistible ; in- 
capable of being successfully resisted or op- 
posed ; superior to resistance or repulsion. 
The Gospel means of grace, powerful as they are, yet 
are not, and ought not to be, irretutible. 
Bp. Atterbttry, Sermons, II. xlv. 
That irresistible eloquence which at the distance of more 
than two thousand years stirs our blood, and brings tears 
into our eyes. ilacaulay, Mitford s Hist. Onto* 
Irresistible grace, see grace. 
Divers of my friends have thought it strange to hear 
e speak so irresolvedly concerning those things which 
some take to be the elements, and others the principles, of 
all mixed bodies. Boyle, Works, III. 198. 
irrespective (ir-e-spek'tiv), . [< <-3 + re- 
x/irctire.] If. Not regarding particular circum- 
stances or conditions. 
irretrievability 
Thus did the Jew, liy persuading himself of his particu- 
lar irrespective election, think It safe to run Into all sins. 
Illlli 
2. Regardless; not taking account; indepen- 
dent: followed by of before an object: al.-n 
often used adverbially, there being no noun to 
which it can be directly attached : as, to do one's 
duty, iri-i. "/in-tin- (//consequence*. 
No abstract intellectual plan of life 
Quite irrespective of life's plainest laws. 
Browning, bishop Blougram's Apology. 
Imipectirt qf the form of government, frequent wan 
generate permanent military forces. 
U. Spencer, 1'rin. of Hoclol., | 620. 
3f. Not showing respect; disrespectful. 
In Irreverend and irrespective, behaviour towards myself 
and some of mine. 
Sir C. Corntmllit, Supp. to Cabala, p. 101. 
irrespectively (ir-e-spek'tiy-li), adv. Without 
regard to, or not taking into account, other 
matters or considerations: with of, formerly 
with to. 
They advance to such a state of strength as to be able 
to feed on the solid meat of virtue, which is the discharge 
of our duty to God and man irrespectively to humane praise. 
W. Montague, Dovoute Essays, L x. | 4. 
irrespirable (ir-e-spir'a-bl), a. [< LL. irrespi- 
rabilis, inresftirabilis, that cannot be breathed, 
< L. in- pnv. + "respirabilis, that may be 
breathed: see respirable.] Not respirable ; un- 
fit for respiration: as, an irrespirable atmo- 
sphere. 
irresponsibility (ir-e-spon-si-bil'i-ti), . [= F. 
irresponsabiUte ; as irresponsible + -ity : see 
-bility.] The character or state of being irre- 
sponsible; lack of or freedom from responsi- 
bility. 
The demands of society and the worry of servants so 
draw upon the nervous energy nf women that they are glad 
to escape occasionally to the irresponsibility of hotel life. 
C. D. Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p. 7. 
irresponsible (ir-e-spon'si-bl), a. [= F. trre- 
sponyable; as in- 3 + responsible.] 1. Not re- 
sponsible; not subject to responsibility ; not to 
be held accountable, or called into question : 
as, an irresponsible government; the irresponsi- 
ble control of wealth. 
That no unbridled potentate or tyrant, hut to his sorrow 
for the future, may presume such high and irresponsible 
licence over mankind, to havoc and turn upside-down whole 
kingdoms of men, as though they were no more in respect 
of his perverse will than a nation of pismires. 
Million, Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. 
They left the crown what, In the eye and estimation of 
law, it had ever been, perfectly irrespttnsibte. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
2. Not capable of or chargeable with responsi- 
bility; unable to respond to obligation, as an 
insolvent debtor; not subject to or incurring 
legal responsibility, as an infant or idiot for 
his acts; not of a responsible nature or charac- 
ter. 
irresponsibly (ir-e-spon'si-bli), uilr. In an ir- 
responsible manner ; so as to be irresponsible. 
irresponsive (ir-e-spon'siv), a. [< iii-S + re- 
upontrire.] Not responsive; unanswering. 
irresponsiyeness (ir-e-spon'siv-nes), n. The 
state of being irresponsive, or unable or unwill- 
ing to answer. 
Insensibility to pain, though usual, is liable tostili more 
frequent exceptions, as also Is the irresunnsinenest to the 
address of persons other than the operator. 
E. Gurney, Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 65. 
irrestrainable (ir-e-stra'na-bl), . [< -s + 
restrainable.] Not restraiiiable ; incapable of 
being restrained or held in check. Prynnr, 
Treachery and Disloyalty, p. 91. 
irresusdtable (ir-e-sus'i-ta-bl), a. [< t;i-3 + 
resuscitable.] Incapable oif being resuscitated 
or revived. 
irresuscitably (ir-e-sus'i-ta-bli), adr. So as 
not to be resuscitated. 
The inner man . . . sleeps now irresuscitably at the 
bottom of his stomach. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, ii. 2. 
irretention (ir-e-ten'shon), . [< in-8 + reten- 
fiiin.] Absence of retention ; the state or qual- 
ity of being irretentive ; want of power to re- 
tain. 
From irretention of memory* he [Kant] could not recol- 
lect the letters which composed his name. 
De Quineey, Last Days of Kant. 
irretentive (ir-e-ten'tiv), a. [< -3 + ri-tui- 
tive.] Not retentive or apt to retain. 
His imagination irregular and wild, his memory weak 
and irretentive. Stelton, Deism Revealed, IT. 
irretraceable (ir-e-tra'sa-bl), a. [< in-S + re- 
Inii'iiilili.} Not retraceable. 
irretrievability (ir-e-tre-va-bil'i-ti), n. [< ir- 
retrievable : see -bility.] The state or condition 
