medicable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- medicably adverb
- nonmedicable adjective
- unmedicable adjective
Etymology
Origin of medicable
First recorded in 1610–20, medicable is from the Latin word medicābilis healing, curative. See medical, -able
Example Sentences
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Shepherd Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked Some medicable herb to make our grief Less bitter.
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I bleed, perhaps, but with medicable wounds.
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He was soon procured, and, prompt of practice, the hurts of Ralph Colleton were found to be easily medicable.
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It was the aqua tofana undiluted by mercy, instantaneous in its effect, and not medicable by any antidote.
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