imprescriptible
English
Alternative forms
- impræscriptible [17th century]
Etymology
From im- + prescriptible.
Adjective
imprescriptible (comparative more imprescriptible, superlative most imprescriptible)
- Not subject to prescription: absolute, inalienable.
- 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.
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French
Further reading
- “imprescriptible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
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