pregnable adjective.
['prɛgnǝb(ǝ)l] LME.[Old & mod. French prenable takable (Old French also pregnable), from pren- stem of prendre take from Latin prehendere: see -ABLE.]1. Of a fortress etc.: able to be taken by force, not impregnable.
LME.Times An Englishman's home is a structure pregnable by all sorts of officials.2. fig. Open to attack; assailable, vulnerable.
M19.Daily Chronicle He attacks Arnold's very pregnable idea that Christianity is only stoicism 'touched with emotion'. ■ pregna'bility noun M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲