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defendable, a. rare.|dɪˈfɛndəb(ə)l|
Also 8 -ible.
[f. defend v. + -able. Cf. F. défendable (from 13th c.).]
1. Capable of being defended or protected from assault or injury.
1611Cotgr., Defensable, defendable..which may be defended, guarded, or preserued. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. v. vi. (R.), [The skin] being easily defendible by the power of man's reason and art. 1870Daily News 25 Nov., That they should establish a defendable frontier.
2. Capable of being maintained or vindicated; defensible.
1683Cave Ecclesiastici 90 The death of Arsenius, which they knew was not defendable at a fair Audit. |