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单词 tenible
释义 tenible, a. rare.|ˈtɛnɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. type *tenibilis, f. ten-ēre to hold: cf. docible.]
1. Capable of being held; = tenable 2. Obs.
1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. ii. viii. (1821) 320 Corke was a weake towne and not tenible against a powerfull enemy.
2. Able to retain or hold in (i.e. in quot., the saliva). rare.
1871R. Ellis Catullus xliii. 3 A nose among the larger, Feet not dainty,..Mouth scarce tenible [L. nec ore sicco], hands not wholly faultless.
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