ACCESS, ACCESSIBLE
ADJECTIVES
► ACCESSIVE accessible, capable of access → 1609 obs.
► ADIBLE accessible → 1568 obs.
► COME-AT-ABLE accessible, procurable → 1859 Amer. dial.
► CUMBROUS difficult of access; presenting obstruction → 1487 obs.
► UNGAIN difficult of access; not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; usually used of a direction or road → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► AGGRESS access, approach → 1475 obs.
► COME-AT-ABLE something that is readily accessible → 1839 Amer. dial.
► THE IN exclusive and positive access to something → 2003 UK sl.
► TOCOME means of access → 1513 Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
► GATE-KEEPER a person who controls access to something → 1909
VERBS
► LIVE IN SOMEONE’S POCKET to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one → 1930 Brit. colloq.
► MURE UP to block the means of access to; to wall up the doors of a building, etc. → 1550 obs.
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