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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

depectere

to comb off;

de-

pectere

to comb.]

Tough; thick; capable of extension.

[Obs.]

Some bodies are of a more

depectible

nature than oil.

Bacon.

Adj.

[L. To comb.] Tough; thick.

depectible ‎(comparative more depectible, superlative most depectible)

(obsolete, rare) tough; thick; capable of extension
Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. — Francis Bacon.