collectableadj.n.
/kəˈlɛktəb(ə)l/ A. adj.† 2. That may be inferred, deducible. Obsolete.
1.
a. That may be collected.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together > able to be
collectable1660
1660 Eng. Monarchy the Freest State 6 Many other particulars, collectable out of..Magna charta.
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 45 Collectible by a very few hands.
1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 243 I am weaving into it all the collectable circumstances of the time and manners of the people.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xxiii. 333 A penalty collectible on summary conviction.
b. Of souvenirs, objets d'art, bric-à-brac, etc.: worth collecting, sought after by collectors. Also transferred, of the maker (artist, author, etc.) of such objects.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [adjective] > of objects
collectable1888
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [adjective] > of maker
collectable1978
1888 P. Fitzgerald in Gentleman's Mag. Apr. Old play bills, like everything that is ‘collectable’..have now become objects of value and desire to the amateur.
1897 Daily News 10 July 8/3 There was no difficulty in pronouncing these [Jubilee] stamps ‘collectable’.
1961 J. Douglas (title) Collectable things.
1961 J. Douglas Collectable Things 39 I believe that one of these days collectors will wake up to the fact that the last hundred years has seen the making of more collectable bottles than at any other period of history.
1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps iv. 56 The lines were placed down the vertical perforations, to either the right or to the left, producing two collectable varieties.
1978 Lancashire Life Sept. 90/2 Even now that she has become collectable she sells her pictures often at less than half the prices she has been offered.
1980 Daily Tel. 24 July 15/8 As well as being highly collectable..they make surprisingly roomy containers for all sorts of items.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > that may be inferred
concludablea1617
inducible1643
collectable1646
inferrible1646
derivable1651
conclusible1654
inferable1755
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 51 The difference of their concretion is..collectible from their dissolution. View more context for this quotation
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall i. 3 Collectible from Scripture-expression.
B. n. plural (originally U.S.)
Things worth collecting, esp. rare, old, or interesting objects (not necessarily valuable or antique).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > article
collector's or collectors' item1910
collectable1955
1955 W. H. Blumenthal Bookmen's Bedlam 149 The range of collectibles is..endless.
1967 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Apr. (Show Guide) 16/3 Tradecards became collectibles during their time... Adults pasted them in albums. Boys and girls swapped them.
1969 Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 5/2 The most popular collectibles are objects of pressed and art glass produced in Canada and the United States.
1974 Saturday (Charleston, S. Carolina) 20 Apr. 8- a/6 Collectibles such as old prints, books, magazines, manuscripts and items offering a chance for reminiscing for those who have fond memories of the..twenties and thirties.
1978 J. L. Hensley Killing in Gold xi. 152 My friends..like having some of their funds in good collectables.
1984 Buses Dec. 569/2 This is a full-time service catering for the best in transport collectables.
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