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Definition of Ropable
1. rope [adj] - See also: rope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropable
Literary usage of Ropable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1814)
"... by speedily sinking to the .grave through sorrow, when he found that bis votive
life w.as in- ropable of ..."
2. The Science of War: A Collection of Essays and Lectures, 1892-1903 by George Francis Robert Henderson, Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts (1905)
"If the cavalry is so armed and trained that it is ropable of holding oft the
enemy's scouts and patrols, ..."
3. Organon of Science: Three Books in One Volume by John Harrison Stinson (1879)
"I'ropable inferences may be drawn, with which we are perfectly satisfied, though
we can not know that they are certainly true. Day and night have succeeded ..."
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