单词 | spareable |
释义 | spareableadj. That can be spared, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or spare sparea1556 orra1597 spareable1689 gash1938 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved or undestroyed > that may be spareable1887 1689 Eyre in W. Cobbett Parl. Hist. (1809) V. 174 You cannot doubt but the spareable part will be treasured up for the good of the subject. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 89 We intend shipping a cargo of our worst and most spareable puns on board the next whaler. 1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven III. xix. 270 His great desire..was never to destroy his enemies, by the number of one man spareable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1689 |
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