a. [f. prec. + -ABLE.] Capable of being, or liable to be, expelled.
1665. Wither, Lord’s Prayer, 177. All other Kings, Kingdoms and States, are … expellable at his pleasure.
1782. Kirwan, in Phil. Trans., LXXII. 225. The nitrous acid … expellable even by the vegetable acids.
1839. Bailey, Festus, xix. 62/2. And that [soul] Infernal, but expellable by prayer.
