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单词 prevaricable
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prevaricableadj.

Forms: 1600s preuaricable.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praevāricārī , -able suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin praevāricārī (see prevaricate v.) + -able suffix. Compare Middle French prevaricable acting against the law (1420).
Obsolete. rare.
Capable of being prevaricated or deviated from; able to be circumvented.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > turning aside from a course of action > able to be turned aside from
prevaricable1644
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Pref. 353 It will follow euidently out of them, (if they be of necessity and not preuaricable) that some other Principle beyond bodies, is required to be the roote and first ground of motion in them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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