imposableadj.
/ɪmˈpəʊzəb(ə)l/ rare.
1. That may be imposed or laid on.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > placed on or in contact with a surface > able to be
imposable1654
1654 H. Hammond Misc. Theol. Wks. (1847) II. 115 They were not simply imposeable on any particular man, farther than he was a member of some church.
2. Capable of being imposed upon or cheated; gullible, dupable.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [adjective] > gullible
weak1423
simple-minded1556
gullish1598
soft1621
cheatable1647
miscarriageablea1656
bubbleable1668
imposablea1734
cullible1811
gullable1817
humbuggable1819
gullible1825
dupable1833
pigeonable1844
fleeceable1868
bluffable1885
hoodwinkable1889
yobbish1910
mug1922
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. 306 Much more monstrous is it to imagine readers so imposable upon to credit it upon any one's bare Relation.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 188 If he had been..a weak imposable Wretch, they had liked him much better.
Derivatives
imˈposableness n. ‘the state or quality of being imposable’.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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