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▪ I. † ˈsensable, a.1 Obs. rare.
In 5 sensabul.
[a. OF. sensable, incorrect spelling of censable, f. cense tax, assessment + -able; see cense n.2]
Capable of assessment or taxation.
1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 204/2 The pepul is forsake the Ile, so at this dai is not xv pepul sensabul. Ibid., Seyng no more stuf of men, nor no stuf of arcerie sensabul left.
▪ II. † ˈsensable, a.2 Obs. nonce-wd.
[f. sense n. + -able.]
Of figures of speech: Consisting in an alteration of the sense of words.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. x. (Arb.) 171 Your second [sort of figures] serues the conceit onely and not th'eare, and may be called sensable, not sensible nor yet sententious. |