1849. Times, 17 Jan., 7/4. There are callings even now in which to be convicted of literature is dangerous, although the danger is sometimes escapable.
1858. Albion, 30 Jan., 55/3. But seriously something must be done to make the Academy of Music accessible, inhabitable, and if we may coin a word where a word is sadly wanted, escapable, if the Opera is to be an established Institution in New York.
1864. in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.