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encourageable

adj

Etymology

From encourage + -able.

  1. derived from encoragier
  2. derived from encoragier
  3. inherited from encouragen
  4. suffixed as encourageable — “encourage + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be encouraged

    Able to be encouraged; suggestible.

    • Pray that they may be paid by the captain of the ship or the Treasurer of the Navy the said encourageable allowance of wages as well as others, that they may the more cheerfully serve the King, Parliament, and their country.
    • The ‘trick’ in love-indoctrination was that while maternalism was genetically selfish and therefore genetically encourageable, from an observing mind’s point of view it was selfless behaviour.
    • In some cases, as in the Young case, this penal policy would discourage individuals from appropriate and encourageable conduct.

  2. Misspelling of incorrigible.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA