a. [f. CONQUER v. + -ABLE: perh. a. earlier F. conquérable (Godef. and Cotgr.).] Capable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued.
1599. Sandys, Europæ Spec. (1632), 61. It maketh all toyles supportable, all difficulties conquerable.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 181. The Parthians were not conquerable but by a king.
1754. Richardson, Grandison (1781), I. xvi. 102. While his esteem for me is young and conquerable.
1860. Mill, Repr. Govt., i. (1865), 3. The habits may be ultimately conquerable by better government.
Hence Conquerableness.
1640. Bp. Reynolds, Passions, xxiv. 242. The Conquerablenesse of the Object by our owne means.
