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pregnable
[ preg-nuh-buhl ]
/ ˈprɛg nə bəl /
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adjective
capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
open to attack; assailable: a pregnable argument.
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Origin of pregnable
1400–50; late Middle English prenable<Middle French prenable, pregnable, equivalent to pren- (weak stem of prendre to seize, take <Latin pre(he)ndere;see prehension) + -able-able; -g- perhaps from obsolete expugnable (in same sense)
OTHER WORDS FROM pregnable
preg·na·bil·i·ty, nounWords nearby pregnable
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British Dictionary definitions for pregnable
pregnable
/ (ˈprɛɡnəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being assailed or captured
Derived forms of pregnable
pregnability, nounWord Origin for pregnable
C15 prenable, from Old French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to lay hold of, catch
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