† reˈcuperable, a. Obs.
[a. OF. recuperable (Godef.), or ad. L. type *recuperābilis: see recuperate and -able.]
Recoverable.
| 14.. Woman's Chastity 51 in Chalmers Eng. Poets I. 566 And hard it is to rauish a treasour, Which of nature is not recuparable. 1531 Elyot Gov. i. xiii, If thou..by counsaile arte recuperable, Flee thou from idlenesse. 1552 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. ii. xviii. 392 The hoped for and recuperable debts. 1570 Levins Manip. 4/10 Recuperable, recuperabilis. |