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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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9 words match “PREGNABLE”

PREGNABLE n.
Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. [R.] Cotgrave.
IMPREGNABLE a. 2 definitions
en by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue. The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South. -- Im*preg"na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*preg"na*bly, adv.
FAST a.
Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong. Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. Spenser.
FENCE n.
ity; shield. Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. Shak. A fence betwixt us and the victor's wrath. Addison.
FLESH n.
he soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. Shak.
GIBRALTAR n.
y fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.
IMPREGNABILITY n.
The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility.
IMPRENABLE a.
Impregnable. [Obs.]
INEXPUGNABLE a.
Incapable of being subdued by force; impregnable; unconquerable. Burke. A fortress, inexpugnable by the arts of war. Milman.