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objectable, a.|əbˈdʒɛktəb(ə)l|
Also 8 erron. -ible.
[f. object v. + -able.]
1. That may be objected, or urged as an objection, chargeable (against or to). ? Obs.
1656Artif. Handsom. 145 As for that depravednesse of mind..it is as objectable against all those things. Ibid. 173 Nothing of consequence was objectable to Christ. 1667Decay Chr. Piety vi. ⁋7 There are but two objections..and these are usually objectable to one sin as well as to another.
2. That may be objected to, objectionable.
1775–83S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. I. 120, I have ventured to assert that [etc.]... Objectible as this may seem, I must take upon me..to push the point farther. 1776― Pupil of Pleasure II. 109, I will not, Delia, distress you. I see nothing at present objectible. 1885Eng. Illustr. Mag. III. 230 As for marriage..(the lady not objectable, and an addition of fortune attending) I have no unconquerable aversion to it. |