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16 words match “IMITABLE”

IMITABLE a. 2 definitions
copied. The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers. Atterbury.
IMITABLENESS n.
The state or quality of being imitable; worthness of imitation.
ILLIMITABLE a.
Incapable of being limited or bounded; immeasurable; limitless; boundless; as, illimitable space. The wild, the irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey.
INIMITABLE a.
nd imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence. "Inimitable force." Dryden. Performing such inimitable feats. Cowper. -- In*im"i*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*im"i*ta*bly, adv.
LIMITABLE a.
Capable of being limited.
UNIMITABLE a.
Inimitable. [Obs.]
UNLIMITABLE a.
Illimitable. Locke.
BOUNDLESS a.
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay.
EMULABLE a.
Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.
EXPRESSION n.
ennyson. It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. Prescott.
ILLIMITATION n.
State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.
IMITABILITY n.
The quality of being imitable. Norris.
IMMEASURABLE a.
Incapble of being measured; indefinitely extensive; illimitable; immensurable; vast. Of depth immeasurable. Milton.
INIMITABILITY n.
The quality or state of being inimitable; inimitableness. Norris.
RACINESS n.
r. The general characteristics of his [Cobbett's] style were perspicuity, unequaled and inimitable; . . . a purity always simple, and raciness often elegant. London Times.
TERMINABLE a.
Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable. -- Ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. Terminable annuity, an annuity for a stated, definite number of years; -- distinguished from life annuity, and perpetual annuity.