† attachablenessn.
Obsolete.
Capacity for personal attachment to others.
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attachableness1837
1837 C. M. Sedgwick Live & let Live xx. 194 She had the sterling qualities of truth, honesty, capacity, and attachableness.
1872 Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 371 Whatever his active vices, he was not without passive amiability, attraction, and attachableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1837- to take a person at his etc offer
- to take a person at his etc proposal
- to take a person at his her offer
- to take a person at his her proposal
- to take a person at his offer
- to take a person at his proposal
- to take a person at his word
- to take a person by the button
- to take a person by the hand
- to take a person down a buttonhole
- to take a person down a buttonhole lower
- to take a person down a peg
- to take a person down a pin
- to take a person down a two
- to take a person hostage
- to take a person in the head
- to take a person into custody
- to take a person napping
- to take a person off his or her perch
- to take a person on one side
- to take a person or thing on trial
- to take a person out of himself
- to take a person out of himself etc
- to take a person out of himself herself
- to take a person prisoner