imprescriptible
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- impræscriptible [17th century]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French imprescriptible, corresponding to im- + prescriptible.
Adjective[edit]
imprescriptible (comparative more imprescriptible, superlative most imprescriptible)
- Not subject to self-restraint: absolute, inalienable.
- Synonym: imprescribable
- 1794, Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, II.4:
- Freedom is, indeed, the natural and imprescriptible right of man […] .
- 1922, Carl Becker, The Declaration of Independence, page 205:
- its part is to exhibit the historical circumstances under which the colonists as a 'free people,' had thrust upon them the high obligation of defending the imprescriptible rights of all men.
Translations[edit]
not prescriptible
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + prescriptible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
imprescriptible (plural imprescriptibles)
- (law, of a crime) imprescriptible, not subject to a statute of limitations, not time-barred
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “imprescriptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /impɾeskɾibˈtible/ [ĩm.pɾes.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: im‧pres‧crip‧ti‧ble
Adjective[edit]
imprescriptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprescriptibles)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “imprescriptible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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