exorableadj.
/ˈɛksərəb(ə)l/ Now rare.† 2. In active sense: Effectual in entreaty. Obsolete. [Compare Latin exorabile carmen.]
1. Capable of being moved by entreaty, accessible to entreaty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > capable of being easily entreated
exorable1555
entreatable?1567
1555 J. Bradford Let. 11 Feb. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1179/2 For he is exorable, & hath no pleasure in the death of a sinner.
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) ii. i. 23 A Usurer is somewhat exorable When he is full.
a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. (1742) II. xxxi. 356 They shall address themselves to the mountains and rocks, as being more pitiful and exorable than he.
1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. vii. i. 8 Death, whom no arts can render exorable, disappointed his ambition.
1867 Contemp. Rev. 6 371 Entreaty was for the exorable, and it failed; action for the inexorable, and it succeeded.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] > effectual in treaty
exorable?1575
?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 374 Good workes be more exorable vnto God than holy desires.
Derivatives
ˈexorableness n. the condition or quality of being accessible to entreaty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > quality of being easily entreated
entreatableness1534
exorableness1642
exorability1871
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > capacity to be moved by entreaty
entreatableness1534
exorableness1642
exorability1871
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 55 A spirit of mildnesse, mercie, exorablenesse and easinesse to be intreated.
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) i. i. 2 The exorableness of a Father upon his Son's submission.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Exorableness, Easiness to be entreated.
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