a. [f. ABOLISH v. + -ABLE. Cf. mod. Fr. abolissable.] Capable of being abolished, or put an end to; liable to abolition.
1660. Howell, Abolishable, Amortissable, abrogable.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. II. viii. 83. Hope is but deferred; not abolished, not abolishable.
1860. Ruskin, Mod. Painters, V. VIII. iii. § 4. 180. This Leonidas shall … abolish—so far as abolishable—his own spirit.
