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pregnable
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preg·na·ble  (prgn-bl)
adj.
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, prndere; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

pregna·bili·ty n.

pregnable [ˈprɛgnəbəl]
adj
capable of being assailed or captured
[C15 prenable, from Old French prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to lay hold of, catch]
pregnability  n


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