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unˈconquerable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
1. Of persons, places, etc.: That cannot be overcome by conquest or force of arms; not yielding to superior force; invincible.
1598Florio, Inuincibile, inuincible, vnconquerable. 1608J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 10 Whose priuiledge and right vnquestionable, is, per me reges regnant, and his might vnconquerable. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 40 There is neither out-going nor in-comming, without a Pylot, which maketh the Citty vnconquerable. 1649Milton Eikon. ix. 76 So farr was any man..from esteeming him unconquerable. 1760Pitt in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 421 To give stability and happiness to the fortunes of this unconquerable Monarch. 1798Pennant Hindoostan II. 196 The most unconquerable fort in the world. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 360 The buckler, which the Lord of Fire himself Vouchsafed, unconquerable. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 315 They forgot now that..Hannibal was still in Italy, still unconquered, and, as far as they knew, unconquerable.
b. Of the mind, feelings, etc., with similar implication.
(a)1667Milton P.L. i. 106 All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. 1702Rowe Tamerl. iii. i, But to subdue th' unconquerable Mind,..Impossible! 1754Gray Progr. Poesy 65 Th' unconquerable Mind, and Freedom's holy flame. 1802Wordsw. Poems Independence & Liberty i. viii. 14 Man's unconquerable mind. 1875Henley Life & Death iv, Bk. Verses (1888) 56, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.
(b)1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xii. I. 339 Their unconquerable love of freedom, rising against despotism, provoked them into hasty rebellions. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xvi, He fought with unconquerable audacity and fierceness. 1825Scott Talism. ii, Animated by a zeal as fiery as their own, and possessed of as unconquerable courage, address, and success in arms. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 154 The unconquerable quality which is inherent in our minds.
2. Incapable of being overcome, mastered, brought under control, etc.
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. viii. 78 Nothing was unconquerable to his pains, who had a golden wit in an iron body. 1654Cokaine Dianea i. 53 That there was nothing more unconquerable than love. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iv. 166 By this almost unconquerable Bent and Help of Nature. 1771Beattie Minstrel i. i, Check'd by the scoff of pride, by envy's frown, And poverty's unconquerable bar. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xviii. II. 118 Yet he mentions with admiration the unconquerable fertility of the soil. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. i. 7 Something of pity and terror must blend with the story of a noble mind wrestling with unconquerable Fate. 1846Trench Mirac. Introd. (1862) 72 His argument is..unconquerable so long as it is permitted to rest upon the earth out of which it sprung. a1881A. Barratt Phys. Metempiric (1883) 17 As this assumption..is perhaps not wholly unconquerable, it will be wise not to lay too much stress on it.
b. Of feelings. (Cf. invincible a. 1 b.)
1727De Foe Hist. Appar. x. I. 73 An unconquerable aversion to any restraint. 1767Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 217 The same fixed and unconquerable hatred to the enemies of freedom. 1798S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. II. 492 Actuated by an unconquerable curiosity. 1828Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 49 His unconquerable thirst of vengeance against the English influenced their choice. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola iii. vi, Romola..shrank with unconquerable disgust from the shrill excitability of those illuminated women. |