a. [f. ABUSE v. + -ABLE.]
† 1. Of abusing or deceiving character; deceptive. Obs.
1660. H. More, Myst. of Godl., 25. As for that abusable Opinion of Imputative Righteousness … I have shewn my dissatisfaction touching that point.
2. Capable of being abused.
1667. H. More, Div. Dial. (1713), III. xxxix. 288. Whose Humor is to abuse in me whatever is or is not abuseable.
