单词 | expugnable |
释义 | † expugnableadj. Obsolete. That may be taken by force, conquered, or overcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] > able to be vincible1548 vanquishable1555 expugnable1570 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] > not pregnable1387 unfortified1525 expugnable1570 unimmured1615 stormable1645 fenceless1740 vulnerable1790 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiv/2 Expugnable, expugnabilis. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. G1, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) An expugnable wickednes. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1213 Syracon tooke an expugnable Fort. 1765 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 12/2 A place which no art was requisite to defend, though a great deal to take in if at all expugnable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1570 |
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