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exorable, a. Now rare.|ˈɛksərəb(ə)l|
[ad. L. exōrābilis, f. exōrāre: see next. Cf. Fr. exorable.]
1. Capable of being moved by entreaty, accessible to entreaty.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 259 For he is exorable, and hath no pleasure in the death of a Sinner. 1641W. Cartwright Ordinary ii. i, A Usurer is somewhat exorable When he is full. a1694Tillotson Serm. xxxi. (1742) II. 356 They shall address themselves to the mountains and rocks, as being more pitiful and exorable than he. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. III. vii. i. 8 Death, whom no arts can render exorable, disappointed his ambition. 1867Contemp. Rev. VI. 371 Entreaty was for the exorable, and it failed; action for the inexorable, and it succeeded.
†2. In active sense: Effectual in entreaty. Obs. [Cf. L. exorabile carmen.]
1574Hellowes Gueuara's Fam. Ep. (1577) 361 Good workes be more exorable vnto God than holy desires.
Hence ˈexorableness, the condition or quality of being accessible to entreaty.
1642Rogers Naaman 55 A spirit of mildnesse, mercie, exorablenesse and easinesse to be intreated. 1679J. Goodman Penit. Pardon. i. i. (1713) 2 The exorableness of a Father upon his Son's submission. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). |
