a. Obs. [UN-1 7 b, 5 b.] Irresistible. (Common c. 1590–1660.)

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1581.  Sidney, Apol. Poetrie (Arb.), 67. Many of such writings, as come vnder the banner of vnresistable loue.

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1610.  B. Jonson, Alch., III. iv. He will winne you By vnresistable, lucke … Inough to buy a baronie.

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1614.  Lithgow, Trav., E 1 b. It pleased him … to send downe an vnresistable tempest.

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1672.  Temple, Ess., Govt. (1680), 88. The unresistable force and conquests of some Nations over others.

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