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Webster 1913 Edition


Abolishable

A-bol′ish-a-ble

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Adj.
[Cf. F.
abolissable
.]
Capable of being abolished.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abolishable

ABOL'ISHABLE

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Adj.
That may be annulled, abrogated, or destroyed, as a law, rite, custom, &c.

Definition 2024


abolishable

abolishable

English

Adjective

abolishable (comparative more abolishable, superlative most abolishable)

  1. Capable of being abolished. [First attested from the mid 17th century.][1]

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  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 6