单词 | defectible |
释义 | deˈfectible, a. Also 7 -able. [f. L. dēfect-, ppl. stem of dēficĕre (see defect v.) + -ble: cf. perfectible.] Liable to fail or fall short.
a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 104 The sin of a creature defectable maybe ordained. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 12 The defectible nature of the will. 1736Butler Anal. i. v. Wks. (1874) I. 101 Such creatures..would for ever remain defectible. |

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