请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 compossible
释义

compossibleadj.

/kəmˈpɒsɪb(ə)l/
Etymology: < Old French compossible (Oresme) < medieval Latin compossibilis , < com- + possibilis , possible adj., adv., and n.
a. Possible along with or in coexistence with something else.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > compatible
compatible1532
alliable1543
answerable1590
unrepugnant1593
compossible1638
competenta1670
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] > together with something else
compossible1638
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants vi, in Wks. (1742) 327 They should make the Faith, wherewith they believe, an intelligible, compossible, consistent Thing, and not define it by Repugnances.
a1640 T. Jackson Wks. (1673) III. 78 What portion of Freedom of Will is, or can be compossible with Absolute Servitude.
1827 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. II. xxxiii. 150 Would to God I could have made the one compossible with the other and done both.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 283 [This] propositional form is compossible with every other form in universals.
b. as n. with plural.
ΚΠ
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Compossible Things, such as are capable of Existing of Being toge[t]her.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Compossibles,..such things as are compatible, or capable of subsisting together.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
<
adj.1638
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 7:19:20