pregnable

  • 91impregnable — /ɪmˈprɛgnəbəl / (say im pregnuhbuhl) adjective 1. strong enough to resist attack; not to be taken by force: an impregnable fort. 2. not to be overcome or overthrown: an impregnable argument. {Middle English imprenable, from French, from im im 2 + …

  • 92absorbent — [adj] capable of physically taking in a liquid absorptive, bibulous, dry, imbibing, penetrable, permeable, porous, pregnable, retentive, spongy, thirsty; concept 603 Ant. impermeable …

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  • 93unprotected — [adj] defenseless caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, in the line of fire*, like a sitting duck*, naked*, open, out on a limb*, powerless, pregnable, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, wide open*; concepts 555,576 …

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  • 94impregnable — impregnable1 [im preg′nə bəl] adj. [ME imprenable < OFr: see IN 2 & PREGNABLE] 1. not capable of being captured or entered by force 2. unshakable; unyielding; firm [an impregnable belief] impregnability n. impregnably adv. imp …

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  • 95im|preg´na|bly — im|preg|na|ble1 «ihm PREHG nuh buhl», adjective. that cannot overthrown by force; able to resist attack: »an impregnable fortress. Figurative. The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument. The terrible land of his exile loomed before him… …

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  • 96im|preg´na|ble|ness — im|preg|na|ble1 «ihm PREHG nuh buhl», adjective. that cannot overthrown by force; able to resist attack: »an impregnable fortress. Figurative. The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument. The terrible land of his exile loomed before him… …

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  • 97im|preg|na|ble — im|preg|na|ble1 «ihm PREHG nuh buhl», adjective. that cannot overthrown by force; able to resist attack: »an impregnable fortress. Figurative. The lawyer won his case with an impregnable argument. The terrible land of his exile loomed before him… …

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  • 98preg|na|ble — «PREHG nuh buhl», adjective. open to attack; assailable; vulnerable. ╂[< Old French prenable, and pregnable < stem of prendre < Latin prendere, short for prehendere to seize, take] …

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  • 99preignable — preignable, ant obs. ff. pregnable, pregnant …

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  • 100preinable — obs. f. pregnable …

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