† impacableadj.
Obsolete.
That cannot be pacified or appeased; implacable.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable
impayablea1340
unquemable1440
implacablec1522
unplacable1553
unappeasable1561
impacable1571
immitigable1576
unappeasable1577
inexpiable1598
inexpiate1598
implacable1650
ungainable1661
unredressable1716
unsurmountable1771
indomitable1828
inappeasable1840
untruckling1850
intransigent1881
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 72 Seedes of impacable discorde and dissention.
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 395 Freed from bands of impacable fate.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 356 The impacable Incursions of those barbarous & vndanted Pictes.
Derivatives
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > implacability
implacability1531
impacability1602
unappeasableness1611
implacableness1631
implacacyc1660
intransigence1882
intransigency1890
intransigeance1899
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 355 The Impacabilitie of the Pictes and Scotes.
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