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irrecusable, a.|ɪrɪˈkjuːzəb(ə)l|
[a. F. irrécusable (1782 in Hatz.-Darm.) or ad. late L. irrecūsābilis, f. ir- (ir-2) + recūsābilis, f. recūsāre to refuse: see recusant and -able.]
Incapable of being refused acceptance.
1776Bentham Fragm. Govt. Pref., Wks. 1843 I. 232/2 Merit in one department of letters affords a natural, and in a manner irrecusable presumption of merit in another. 1785H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Ossory 29 Aug., I will give him an irrecusable proof. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 441 The silent but irrecusable testimonies of Regner's victory. 1882J. B. Stallo Concepts Mod. Physics 67 The proposition here insisted upon is irrecusable by any consistent advocate of the mechanical theory.
Hence irreˈcusably adv., so as to preclude refusal of acceptance.
1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 71 The Acceptance of the Veda as having had no Conscious Author, and as being irrecusably authoritative. |