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pursuable, a.|pəˈsjuːəb(ə)l| [f. pursue v. + -able: cf. F. poursuivable (16th c. in Littré).] Capable of being pursued or prosecuted.
1611Cotgr., Poursuivable, pursuable. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xix. §14 (1699) 104 By the Common Law this was not pursuable. 1784J. Barry in Lect. Paint. v. (1848) 187 An infinity of resource for adjusting the composition;..and this is equally pursuable in the lights and darks, in the middle tint, and in the reflexes. |