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certifiable, a.|ˈsɜːtɪˌfaɪəb(ə)l|
[f. certify + -able.]
a. Capable of being certified.
1846Grote Greece i. xviii. I. 646 Ordinary and certifiable history. 1859Mill Dissert & Disc. II. 543 To arrive at so considerable an amount of positive and certifiable results.
b. = notifiable a. U.S.
1911Stedman Med. Dict. 159/2 Certifiable, that can and should be certified, noting certain infectious diseases, the occurrence of which must, by law, be reported to the health authorities.
c. Of a person: so deranged as to be certifiably insane; of mental disease: of such a type as to warrant certification.
1912B. Hollander First Signs of Insanity i. i. 33 The difference between this stage and certifiable insanity is a quantitative difference, a difference of degree only. 1931‘F. Iles’ Malice Aforethought xiii. 268 ‘I've always said she was mad,’ exulted Dr. Bickleigh. ‘Not certifiable, unfortunately; but certainly over the border-line.’ 1939H. G. Wells Holy Terror ii. iii. 194 If half this stuff about him is true, he's certifiable. |