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violable, a.|ˈvaɪələb(ə)l| [ad. L. (poet.) violābilis, f. violāre to violate. So OF. violable, It. violabile, Pg. violavel.] †1. Destructive. Obs.—1
a1470Harding Chron. lii. ii, Y⊇ Pightes & fugitiues..Destroyed the lande by warre full violable. 2. Capable of being violated, in senses of the vb.
1552Huloet, Violable, or able to be defiled,..or easy to be violated, violabilis. 1612Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. xvi. 255 Churches, Plough's and High-waies should haue liberties of Sanctuarie by no authoritie violable. 1633Marmion Fine Companion iii. i, Alas, my heart is Tender and violable with the least weapon Sorrow can dart at me. 1674Case of Bankers & Creditors Introd. 4 The Subjects property is not violable but by his own consent. 1858Bushnell Serm. New Life 347 If God had no violable sympathy he would be anything but a perfect character. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. i. ii. 331 A rule which Spinoza treats as absolute, and will not allow to be violable, even to save one's life. Hence violaˈbility rare [-ity], the condition of being violable; cf. inviolability; ˈviolableness, ‘capableness of being violated’ (Bailey).
1727Bailey II. Violableness. 1926Glasgow Herald 1 Apr. 8/4 The suggestion..raises the whole question of the violability of contracts. |