overcomableadj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈkʌməbl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈkəməb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English ouercomabyll, late Middle English 1600s ouercomeable, late Middle English–1500s ouercomable, 1500s overcomeable, 1600s 1800s– overcomable; also Scottish pre-1700 ourcumable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overcome v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < overcome v. + -able suffix.

Capable of being overcome; that can be conquered or surmounted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > able to be overcome

overcomablec1454

vincible?1555

conquerable1599

surmountable1611

surpassable1611

superable1629

facile1667

transcendible1953

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 157 (MED) Whanne..þe ignoraunce which is cause of a deede was not ouercomeable and avoidable of þe doer..þilk ignoraunce is not to þe doer wijtable.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 90 Ouercomabyll, expugnabilis.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Bbvii Christ dyd suffer..to sygnifye to vs, that death is ouercomable.

?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶2^v That they were mortall; and..both ouercomeable by death.

1873 J. P. Lacroix tr. A. Wuttke Christian Ethics I. 79 So also is there in man himself a primitive antagonism never entirely overcomable in the present life.

1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne I. i. 56 It overcomes all overcomable opposition.

1943 Mil. Affairs 7 88 In our own age, earth-given ‘spaces’ are..technically overcome or overcomable almost as soon as they are geopolitically stated.

1962 Economist 6 Oct. 23/1 Shutting down..causes a real (but overcomable) inconvenience.

2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 9 Aug. a1 An awful lot of those barriers have really been substantially lessened and are certainly overcomable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overcomable
释义	overcomableadj. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkʌməbl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkəməb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English ouercomabyll, late Middle English 1600s ouercomeable, late Middle English–1500s ouercomable, 1500s overcomeable, 1600s 1800s– overcomable; also Scottish pre-1700 ourcumable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overcome v., -able suffix. Etymology: < overcome v. + -able suffix. Capable of being overcome; that can be conquered or surmounted. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > able to be overcome overcomablec1454 vincible?1555 conquerable1599 surmountable1611 surpassable1611 superable1629 facile1667 transcendible1953 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 157 (MED) Whanne..þe ignoraunce which is cause of a deede was not ouercomeable and avoidable of þe doer..þilk ignoraunce is not to þe doer wijtable. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 90 Ouercomabyll, expugnabilis. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 7th Serm. sig. Bbvii Christ dyd suffer..to sygnifye to vs, that death is ouercomable. ?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶2^v That they were mortall; and..both ouercomeable by death. 1873 J. P. Lacroix tr. A. Wuttke Christian Ethics I. 79 So also is there in man himself a primitive antagonism never entirely overcomable in the present life. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne I. i. 56 It overcomes all overcomable opposition. 1943 Mil. Affairs 7 88 In our own age, earth-given ‘spaces’ are..technically overcome or overcomable almost as soon as they are geopolitically stated. 1962 Economist 6 Oct. 23/1 Shutting down..causes a real (but overcomable) inconvenience. 2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 9 Aug. a1 An awful lot of those barriers have really been substantially lessened and are certainly overcomable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1454
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