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单词 unrenavigable
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unrenavigableadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and re- prefix and navigable adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, re- prefix, navigable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + re- prefix + navigable adj., after renavigate v. 1.In quot. 1632 translating classical Latin innābilis innable adj., former reading (e.g. in 16th-cent. editions) at Virgil Aeneid 6. 438 (where modern editions read inamābilis).
Obsolete. rare.
Incapable of being renavigated (renavigate v. 1).
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society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > navigable > not
innavigablea1527
unsailable1570
unnavigable1578
unrenavigable1632
1632 G. Sandys tr. Virgil Aeneid in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xiii. 446 The vnrenauigable [L. innabilis] Stygian sound, Whose nine times winding streames their mansions bound.
1661 J. Boys Æneas vi. 17 How gladly would they..see blest light again? Fates thwart: an unrenavigable sound..doth them surround.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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