defendibleadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfɛndᵻbl/, U.S.

/dəˈfɛndəbəl/,

/diˈfɛndəbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: defend v., -ible suffix.

Etymology: < defend v. + -ible suffix. Compare Spanish defendible (late 14th cent.). Compare earlier defendable adj.

Capable of being defended (in various senses). Cf. defensible adj., defendable adj.Now sometimes considered nonstandard.

ΚΠ

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 231 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. One simple self-subsistent Actus Entitativus, whose Penetrabilitie and Indivisibilitie Mr. Baxter himself..says is easily defendible.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. vi. 338 [The skin] being easily defendible by the Power of Man's Reason, and Art.

1737 ‘P. Scotsman’ Grange II. 48 On so many Accounts it is easily defendible in Point of Law.

1854 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/1 When the Russians have advanced through..all Turkey's defendible points, are we then to commence the war?

1885 G. A. Henty In Freedom's Cause xvi. 232 The Irish possessed no Bruce; their country was less defendible than Scotland.

1912 Bull. Geogr. Soc. Philadelphia 10 14 An almost unscalable rocky path, easily defendible, is seen zigzagging up the crags above.

1992 D. Peakall Animal Biomarkers as Pollution Indicators Pref. p. xxi Defendible positions cannot always be arrived at solely on the basis of contaminant residue data.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	defendible
释义	defendibleadj. Brit. /dᵻˈfɛndᵻbl/, U.S. /dəˈfɛndəbəl/, /diˈfɛndəbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: defend v., -ible suffix. Etymology: < defend v. + -ible suffix. Compare Spanish defendible (late 14th cent.). Compare earlier defendable adj. Capable of being defended (in various senses). Cf. defensible adj., defendable adj.Now sometimes considered nonstandard. ΚΠ 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 231 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. One simple self-subsistent Actus Entitativus, whose Penetrabilitie and Indivisibilitie Mr. Baxter himself..says is easily defendible. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. v. vi. 338 [The skin] being easily defendible by the Power of Man's Reason, and Art. 1737 ‘P. Scotsman’ Grange II. 48 On so many Accounts it is easily defendible in Point of Law. 1854 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/1 When the Russians have advanced through..all Turkey's defendible points, are we then to commence the war? 1885 G. A. Henty In Freedom's Cause xvi. 232 The Irish possessed no Bruce; their country was less defendible than Scotland. 1912 Bull. Geogr. Soc. Philadelphia 10 14 An almost unscalable rocky path, easily defendible, is seen zigzagging up the crags above. 1992 D. Peakall Animal Biomarkers as Pollution Indicators Pref. p. xxi Defendible positions cannot always be arrived at solely on the basis of contaminant residue data. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1682
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