| 单词 |
indispensible |
| 释义 |
† indiˈspensible, a. (n.) Obs.
[f. in-3 + dispensible, q.v.]
= indispensable.
1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. iii. iii. §5 The indispensible obligation which was in the nature of man to obey whatever his Maker did command him. 1692Locke Educ. Pref., I think it every man's indispensible duty. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt II. xxiii. 89 The corruption of Parliament..is become an indispensible part of the mechanism of Government. 1800–41[see indispensable n. b, c].
Hence † indiˈspensibleness, † indiˈspensibly adv.
1649Bounds Publ. Obed. 44 If I..be..still indispensibly obliged by it. 1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xxvi. 443 The indispensibleness and necessity thereof. 1710Steele Tatler No. 159 ⁋5 A longer Letter..which I am indispensibly obliged to answer. 1768Boswell Corsica Introd. (ed. 2) 1 Liberty..is indispensibly necessary to our happiness. 1860Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. ciii. 9 On the indispensibleness of Slavery to the West India interest. |
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