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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, noun

Words nearby pregnable

pregame, preggers, preggy, Pregl, preglacial, pregnable, pregnancy, pregnant, preheat, prehensible, prehensile
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Words related to pregnable

accessible, assailable, attackable, defenseless, exposed, liable, naked, on the line, on-the-spot, out on a limb, ready, sensitive, sitting duck, sucker, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe

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British Dictionary definitions for pregnable

pregnable
/ (ˈprɛɡnəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being assailed or captured

Derived forms of pregnable

pregnability, noun

Word Origin for pregnable

C15 prenable, from Old French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to lay hold of, catch
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