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abusable, a.|əˈbjuːzəb(ə)l|
[f. abuse v. + -able.]
†1. Of abusing or deceiving character; deceptive. Obs.
1660H. More Myst. of Godl. 25 As for that abusable Opinion of Imputative Righteousness..I have shewn my dissatisfaction touching that point.
2. Capable of being abused.
1667H. More Div. Dial. (1713) iii. xxxix. 288 Whose Humor is to abuse in me whatever is or is not abuseable. 1826Edin. Rev. Sept. 445 What an..abusable power is this to confide to any body of men! 1892Sat. Rev. 4 June 641/1 The venerable but abusable principle of grievance first, Supply afterwards. 1904G. B. Shaw Commonsense Munic. Trading ix. 86 Readjusting the burden of the rates by an obviously abusable method. |