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English
Etymology
From Middle French imprescriptible, corresponding to im- + prescriptible.
Adjective
imprescriptible (comparative more imprescriptible, superlative most imprescriptible)
- Not subject to self-restraint: absolute, inalienable.
- Synonym: imprescribable
1794, Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution, II.4:Freedom is, indeed, the natural and imprescriptible right of man […] .
1922, Carl Becker, The Declaration of Independence, page 205:its part is to exhibit the historical circumstances under which the colonists as a 'free people,' had thrust upon them the high obligation of defending the imprescriptible rights of all men.
Translations
French
Etymology
From in- + prescriptible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
imprescriptible (plural imprescriptibles)
- (law, of a crime) imprescriptible, not subject to a statute of limitations, not time-barred
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impɾeskɾibˈtible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: im‧pres‧crip‧ti‧ble
Adjective
imprescriptible m or f (masculine and feminine plural imprescriptibles)
- imprescriptible
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