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A chiding; rebuke; reproof. [Obs.] Hammond.

Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Mutually repellent. De Quincey.

t trembling or shaking with fear; fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

The quality or state of being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor. Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. Addison.

In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.

The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. Sterne.

Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak.

Quality of being irreparable.

In an irreparable manner.

The quality or state of being irrepealable.

Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.

Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.

Not capable of being replevied.

Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent. -- Ir*rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.

Not capable of being represented or portrayed.

Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. W. H. Steward.

In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless. He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error -- but his intentions were irreproachable. Beattie.

The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.