English-Thai Dictionary
pregnable
ADJ เข้า ยึด ได้ เข้า โจมตี kao-yued-dai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PREGNABLE
a.That may be taken or won by force; expugnable. [Little used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PREGNABLE
Preg "na *ble, a, Etym: [F. prenable. See Impregnable. ]
Defn: Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. [R.] Cotgrave.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pregnable
preg na ble |ˈpregnəbəl ˈprɛɡnəbəl | ▶adjective vulnerable to attack; not impregnable: the fort's pregnable approaches. 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.
Oxford Dictionary
pregnable
preg |nable |ˈprɛgnəb (ə )l | ▶adjective vulnerable to attack; not impregnable: the fort's pregnable approaches. 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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