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overˈcomable, -comeable, a. [f. overcome v. + -able.] Capable of being overcome; that can be conquered or surmounted.
1483Cath. Angl. 263/2 Ouercomabylle, expug[n]abilis. 1549Latimer 7th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 192 Christ dyd suffer..to sygnifye to vs, that death is ouercomable. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1622) 331 That they were mortall, &..both ouercomeable by death. 1880Burton Reign Q. Anne I. i. 56 It overcomes all overcomable opposition. |