abstableadj.
Editorial misreading of obstacle n. Subsequently misinterpreted in quot. 1847.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > resisting > able to resist
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1532 Gower's De Confessione Amantis f. 36/1 He thanked god of his myracle To whose myght may be none abstable [a1393 Fairf. obstacle; 1483 Caxton obstable].
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Abstable, able to resist [citing Gower].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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