Both Uses of
irrevocable
in
Moby Dick
- However, it is always as well to have a look at him before irrevocably committing yourself into his hands.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- A large whale's case generally yields about five hundred gallons of sperm, though from unavoidable circumstances, considerable of it is spilled, leaks, and dribbles away, or is otherwise irrevocably lost in the ticklish business of securing what you can.†
Chpt 76-78
Definition:
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(irrevocable) incapable of being undone