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   pregnable

   /ˈprɛɡnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. vulnerable to attack; not impregnable: "the fort's pregnable approaches"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French prenable, literally ‘takable’, from Latin prehendere ‘seize’. The g was sometimes written in French, perhaps indicating palatal n, but has come to be pronounced as a separate sound in English.

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   What is a pregnable fortress?

   • Also found in: Thesaurus . Being such that attack, seizure, or capture is possible; vulnerable or assailable: a pregnable fortress. [Middle English preignable, pregnabul, from Old French prenable, pregnauble, from prendre, to grasp, from Latin prehendere, prēndere; see ghend- in Indo-European roots .] preg′na·bil′i·ty n.

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   • He did not know each man has his weak point, and that Mortomley's pregnable spot lay close to the colours himself had begotten. Pregnable definition: capable of being taken or won by force. See examples of PREGNABLE used in a sentence.

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   What is a pregnable argument?

   • 1. capable of being taken by force: a pregnable fortress. 2. open to rebuttal: a pregnable argument. preg`na•bil′i•ty, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. assailable, attackable, vincible, vulnerable.

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   • Here, at least, was a citadel impregnable by right-hand defections or left-hand extremes. Impregnable definition: strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable. See examples of IMPREGNABLE used in a sentence.

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   Pregnable means vulnerable to capture, an alteration of impregnable. See examples of pregnable in a sentence, word history, and related words.

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   Pregnable means able to be attacked or entered, or easy to beat, especially in sport. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences and synonyms.

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   Pregnable definition: capable of being taken or won by force. See examples of PREGNABLE used in a sentence.

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   Pregnable means capable of being taken or won by force, or open to attack. See examples, synonyms, word origin and usage trends of pregnable.

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   Pregnable means capable of being attacked or captured, or open to rebuttal. Find the origin, pronunciation, and related words of pregnable in this online dictionary.

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   Pregnable means that something can be captured, attacked or injured. It comes from the Latin word for to seize or take. See examples, synonyms and word origin.