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† unˈpregnable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
Impregnable.
α1386Rolls of Parlt. III. 225/1 The Mairaltee,..were it never so unprenable. 1481Caxton Godfrey cxxxii. 196 A dongeon..upon an hylle.., whiche the turkes holde so strongly that it is unprenable. 1560J. Daus Sleidane's Comm. 211 The Castell..which for the situation was vnprennable.
β1545Elyot, Inexpugnabilis, vnpreignable. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. 536 Therefore was there neuer any thing..so mightie or vnpregnable, whiche the inuincible power of God can not bring to naught. 1572Twyne Dionysius' Surv. World E iv b, Semiramis..enuironed it wt an vnpregnable wal. 1632Sherwood s.v. |