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*Adjective - late [[Latin ]] fallibilis, f. fallere to deceive:  
 
*Adjective - late [[Latin ]] fallibilis, f. fallere to deceive:  
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: (BLE -  a. OF. -ble: L. -bilem, nom. -bili-s, suffix forming verbal adjs., with the sense ‘given to, tending to, like to, fit to, able to.) Cf. F. faillible.  
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: (BLE -  a. OF. -ble: L. -bilem, nom. -bili-s, suffix forming verbal adjs., with the [[sense]] ‘given to, tending to, like to, fit to, able to.) Cf. F. faillible.  
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The L. word appears in Papias (11th c.) with the active sense ‘deceitful’; in late med.L. it has the passive sense ‘deceivable’.]  
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The L. [[word]] appears in Papias (11th c.) with the active sense ‘deceitful’; in late med.L. it has the passive sense ‘deceivable’.]  
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
*1. Of persons or their faculties: Liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err.
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*1. Of [[persons]] or their faculties: Liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err.
    
*2. Of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: Liable to be erroneous, unreliable.
 
*2. Of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: Liable to be erroneous, unreliable.

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