mitigable, a.
(ˈmɪtɪgəb(ə)l)
[ad. L. *mītigābilis (implied in mītigābiliter adv.) f. mītigāre to mitigate.]
Capable of being mitigated.
| a 1677 Barrow Wks. (1686) II. xv. 213 The rigour of that ceremonious law was mitigable. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 50 The pain will be..far less mitigable. 1887 Gurney Tertium Quid I. 182 Supposing the pain of the rack to be mitigable. |