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unˈtaxable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
†1. That cannot be taxed or charged with wrong-doing. Also const. of. Obs.
a1610Healey Cebes (1616) 137 Behold there a faire and florishing matrone, enthroned in state,..yet vntaxable of profuseness. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 130 It is not said, that They kept the commandements of God... But they walked in them.. untaxable, unblameable. a1688W. Clagett 17 Serm. (1699) 289 His untaxable justice in bringing upon them that punishment.
2. Not liable to taxation.
1648Hexham ii, Onschatbaer, Vntaxable, or Free and Franck. 1818Bentham Ch. Eng. p. x, The Lower House was indeed untaxable. But the Upper House..taxed themselves. |