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Webster 1913 Edition


Immedicable

Im-med′i-ca-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
Immedicabilis
. See
In-
not, and
Medicable
.]
Not to be healed; incurable.
“Wounds immedicable.”
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Immedicable

IMMED'ICABLE

,
Adj.
[L. immedicabilis; in and medicabilis, from medico,to heal.] Not to be healed; incurable.

Definition 2024


immedicable

immedicable

English

Adjective

immedicable (comparative more immedicable, superlative most immedicable)

  1. Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine.
    • 1650, John Donne, "Elegie XVII":
      Here love receiv'd immedicable harmes, / And was dispoiled of his daring armes.
    • Milton
      Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.