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MODERN ENTRY POINTS
WORD DOSSIERS
verb · noundossier summary
checkmate
An inescapable chess defeat and, figuratively, complete thwarting; a compound transmitted through French, Arabic, and Persian chess language.
OPEN THE FULL LINEAGE ↗adjectivedossier summary
legible
Capable of being read or deciphered; from Late Latin legibilis and Latin legere “to read.”
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ATTESTED / RECONSTRUCTED / BOUNDARY
HISTORICAL FORMS
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
checkmate
an inescapable chess defeat; complete thwarting
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- 14th century–today
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Present-Day English / Indo-European
legible
capable of being read or deciphered; later also discernible or understandable
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- 15th century–today
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Middle English / Indo-European
legible
capable of being read
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- Middle English, late 14th–15th century
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Is Hass categorically incapable of a plural?
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