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damageable, a.|ˈdæmɪdʒəb(ə)l|
For forms cf. damage n.; also 5 dommegeable, 6 dommagiable, domagable, 6–7 damagable.
[a. OF. damag(e)able, dom-, causing or bringing damage, f. damagier: see prec. and -able.]
†1. Causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious.
1474Caxton Chesse ii. iii. (1860) C j, The tunges of advocates and men of lawe ben perilous & dommegeable. 1570Dee Math. Præf. 45 Neither by worde, deede, or thought,.. damageable, or iniurious to you. 1604Dee in Hearne Collect. 3 Nov. 1705, That..most grievous and dammageable Sclaunder. 1636E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy I. 166 Many faults..dommageable to that tyrannie. 1674Govt. Tongue xii. (1684) 164 Immodest talk..damagable and infectious to the innocence of our neighbors. 1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. 1802 IV. 437 Before it is clearly known whether the innovation be damageable or not, the judge is competent to issue a prohibition to innovate until the point can be determined.
2. Liable to be damaged.
1755N. Magens Insurances II. 273 If Goods easily damageable be in a Ship. 1881J. F. T. Keane Six Months in Meccah vii. 183 Much destruction..to all damageable property.
Hence † ˈdamageably adv., injuriously.
1660Hexham, Kommerlick..Dammageably, or with Molestation. |