Ineluctable \In`e*luc"ta*ble\, a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. in['e]luctable. See {Eluctate}.] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. --Bp. Pearson. The ineluctable conditions of matter. --Hamerton. web1913

ineluctable adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: {inescapable}, {unavoidable}] wn