pregnable

[ preg-nuh-buh l ]

/ 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.

Words nearby pregnable

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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

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Examples from the Web for pregnable

From the reports of his spies regarding Bergerac, he thought the place was pregnable.
The History of Chivalry, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Mills
A cute old soul was Biddy, and extensive the knowledge experience had given her of the pregnable points of general character.
The Bunsby papers|John Brougham
At the inhospitable silence they waxed restive; they assaulted and forced the pregnable barriers, and invaded the premises.
Heart of the West|O. Henry
He did not know each man has his weak point, and that Mortomley's pregnable spot lay close to the colours himself had begotten.
Mortomley's Estate, Vol. III (of 3)|Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell

Pregnable, preg′na-bl, adj. that may be taken by assault or force.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

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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pregnable

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