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unˈdurable, a. (un-1 7 b and 5 b.)
c1550Coverdale Bk. Death i. viii. 28 Among all thinges, most vndurable and most frayle is mannes lyfe. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme iii. xlix. 530 A rawe, weake,..vndurable, and soone souring licour. 1650Arnway Tablet 107 All unmeasurable vice is undurable. 1721R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis, Vall. Lillies xxx. 93 All temporal Things are defective and undurable. 1886Dicey England's Case 65 As undurable as Grattan's Constitution of 1782. Hence unˈdurableness.
1648Hexham ii, Ongeduerigheyt, Vndurablenesse. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 7 Its undurableness and doubtful efficacy. |