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▪ I. impliable, a.1 rare.|ɪmˈplaɪəb(ə)l| [f. im-2 + pliable; cf. F. impliable.] Not pliable; inflexible.
a1734North Exam. i. ii. §2 (1740) 32 All Matters rugged and impliable to the Design must be suppressed or corrupted. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 320 The impliable and disjointed stuff they are obliged to render into tolerable English. ▪ II. imˈpliable, a.2 [f. imply v. + -able.] Capable of being implied.
a1865Isaac Taylor (F. Hall). [In mod. Dicts.] |