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abolishable, a.|əˈbɒlɪʃəb(ə)l| [f. abolish v. + -able. Cf. mod.Fr. abolissable.] Capable of being abolished, or put an end to; liable to abolition.
1660Howell, Abolishable, Amortissable, abrogable. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. ii. viii. 83 Hope is but deferred; not abolished, not abolishable. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. viii. iii. §4. 180 This Leonidas shall..abolish—so far as abolishable—his own spirit. |