† unacˈcessible, a. Obs.
Also 6–7 -able.
[un-1 5 b.]
= inaccessible a.
| α 1596 Raleigh Discov. Guiana 97 Whosoeuer shall first possesse it, it shall bee founde vnaccessable for anie Enemie. 1611 Cotgr., Vn lieu condemné, an vncouth, or vnaccessable place. 1645 Sir H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 167 By y⊇ wayes we took thro' y⊇ almost unaccessable mountains of Wales. |
| β 1600 E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 263 Hauing viewed the Iland fortified on all parts where he might descend, and by nature vnaccessible. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 536 The place was..unaccessible; none did or could come there but the High Priest, once every yeere. 1704 Ray Creation (ed. 4) i. 200 Things..too remote and unaccessible for us to penetrate or discover. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 527 The Creator dwells in unaccessible light, whereto we cannot draw near. |
Hence
† unacˈcessibleness;
† unacˈcessibly adv. Obs.| 1615 G. Sandys Trav. 183 Mountains; whereof some are cut (or naturally so) in degrees like allies, which would be else vnaccessably fruitlesse. a 1676 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. (1677) 155 We cannot attain to any clear sensible discovery of them..by reason of their remoteness, distance, and unaccessibleness. |