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indiˈspensably, adv. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In an indispensable manner: †a. without possibility of dispensation or remission; b. without possibility of being dispensed with or done without. a.c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 58 Under penalty of a forfeiture which is to be indispensably payed. a1677Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. verse 142 Wks. 1872 IX. 11 The law of God immutably and indispensably bindeth all men. 1767E. Carter Mem. (1816) I. 389 This declaration, which I thought myself indispensably engaged to make. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iv. §126 Grotius..determines that subjects are indispensably bound not to serve in a war which they conceive to be clearly unjust. b.1664–94South Twelve Serm. II. 152 Devotion, and Affection, is indispensably required in Prayer. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1710) I. 47 The understanding the principles of religion is indispensably necessary to salvation. 1745Wesley Answ. Ch. 19 In order to this, nothing is indispensably required, but Repentance, or Conviction of Sin. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 239 Robbing the soil of the sun's heat, which is so indispensably requisite. |