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  • adjective rare That which cannot be refused.

Etymologies

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ir- +‎ refusable

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Examples

  • Julian takes him at his word, -- keeps him in ward till time of battle comes; but, the day before he counts on putting him to that war ordeal, the barbarian enemy sends embassy with irrefusable offers of submission and peace.

    Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859

  • The government would pay the owners of the windows twice what they were worth (an irrefusable offer) and then rent it out to a company called "Red Light Fashion" for advertising space.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • The government would pay the owners of the windows twice what they were worth (an irrefusable offer) and then rent it out to a company called "Red Light Fashion" for advertising space.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

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