† unˈhabile, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
= inhabile a., unable a.
| 1539 Elyot in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 117 Nowe al⁓thowgh very unmeete and unhabile, I have servyd the King..truely and faithfully. 1567 Sc. Acts, Mary (1814) II. 573/1 Decerning thairfore..his posteritie to be fra thine furth unhabile to bruik offices..within this Realme. 1660 Jer. Taylor Ductor iii. ii. rule 2 §14 The offending person is bound in Conscience not to accept a benefice..to which by that censure he is made unhabile and unapt. |