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vanquishable, a.|ˈvæŋkwɪʃəb(ə)l|
[f. prec. + -able.]
Capable of being vanquished or overcome.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions App. 309 Ye shal be of all menne moste strong and valiaunte in fight, and vanquisheable to none enemie. 1602Marston Ant. & Mel. ii, Banisht, forlorne, despairing,..vanquishable. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. iv. 87 That great Gyant..was only vanquishable by the Knights of the Well. 1736Ainsworth i, Vanquishable, vincibilis, superabilis. 1831Coleridge Table T. 25 July, I should not have wished for a more vanquishable opponent. 1866Carlyle Remin. (1881) II. 221 In which she again proved not to be vanquishable. |