INVOLUNTARY
\ɪnvˈɒləntəɹi], \ɪnvˈɒləntəɹi], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɒ_l_ə_n_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of INVOLUNTARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"
By Princeton University
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Not having will or the power of choice.
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Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
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Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
By Oddity Software
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Not having will or the power of choice.
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Not under the influence or control of the will; not voluntary; as, the involuntary movements of the body; involuntary muscle fibers.
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Not proceeding from choice; done unwillingly; reluctant; compulsory; as, involuntary submission.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Involuntarily.
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Not voluntary: not having the power of will or choice: not done willingly: not chosen.
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INVOLUNTARINESS.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Not under control of the will; certain plain unstriped muscles, as of the alimentary canal, and to their movements.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Performed independently of the will.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland