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convinceable

adj

Etymology

From convince + -able.

  1. borrowed from convincō — “to refute, prove”
  2. suffixed as convinceable — “convince + able”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of convincible.

    • It may be thought that able ought to be changed into ible, especially after g and c soft: as convincible, tangible, &c.; but it seems better to preserve uniformity by writing convinceable, tangeable, or touchable.
    • The convinceable young man stands in the same relationship to the vicar as the convinceable reader of the Emile to Rousseau.

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