constrainable

English

Etymology

From constrain + -able.

Adjective

constrainable (comparative more constrainable, superlative most constrainable)

  1. Capable of being constrained.
    • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, [], London: [] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      by mere force of their agreement taken place as a law, making all men constrainable to be obedient thereunto

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