单词 | repugnable |
释义 | repugnableadj. Now rare. (a) Capable or worthy of being repugned or refuted. (b) Contrary, opposed. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted traversable?1530 deniable1548 repugnable1578 refutable1600 improvable1604 revincible1633 confutable1638 convincible1643 rebuttable1646 overthrowable1653 disprovable1686 improbative1754 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 34 So probable reasons, as shall not bee repugnable. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 340 The demonstracion prouing it so exquisitely, with wonderfull reason and facilitie, as it is not repugnable. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 398 No such..repugnable Currents, as be in the firths of Stronza and Westra. 1637 W. Lithgow True Disc. Siege of Breda 25 The Enemy did divers times sally forth upon them, but they were ever viriliously repulsed backe to their owne repugnable limits. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 88 That what laws should be enacted, might be answerable to the Will of God, and not repugnable to the customes of the land. 1990 M. A. Wes Michael Rostovtzeff, Historian in Exile p. xxvii Suvorin sometimes sacrificed in the most repugnable manner his integrity to his lust for money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578 |
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