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Or, to unscrew the inscrutible.
Another trip down AHD Lane:
Turns out it means both able to resist capture or entry by force (from in-, not + prenable, PREGNABLE (from Old French prendre, to take, capture, from Latin prehendere)) and able to be impregnated (from IMPREGNATE meaning to make pregnant (from in- in + praegnas, PREGNANT))
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Impregnable? birdfeed 12/22/02 07:48 PM Re: Impregnable? musick 12/22/02 07:56 PM Re: Impregnable? birdfeed 12/22/02 08:02 PM Re: To preg the impregnable. Faldage 12/22/02 08:04 PM Re: To preg the impregnable. birdfeed 12/22/02 08:17 PM Let me count the ways musick 12/22/02 08:23 PM Re: Impregnable? Faldage 12/22/02 08:23 PM Re: Impregnable? emanuela 12/24/02 09:11 AM Re: Inimpregnable? Faldage 12/25/02 04:48 PM
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