derivableadj.
/dɪˈrʌɪvəb(ə)l/ Capable of being derived: in various senses of the verb.† 1. Capable of being transmitted or passed on from one to another; transmissible. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > transmitting or passing on > transmitted or passed on > able to be
communicablea1533
conveyable1577
transmittable1611
traducible1633
derivative1637
derivable1640
transmissible1644
propagatory1652
transmigrable1689
propagablea1707
transmissive1709
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. vi. 118 Those works which are..derivable to all successions, to the end of the world.
1650 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions (ed. 2) Addit. iii. 415 This incest..was permanent, and derivable to her posterity.
1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 32 The Eternal Rule and Standard of all Honour deriveable upon me.
2. Capable of being drawn or obtained (from some source); obtainable.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be
procurablec1449
purveyable1542
gettable1553
extant1555
parable1563
acquirable1606
gainable1611
purchasable1611
obtainablea1617
acquisitive1629
haveable1639
producible1640
come-at-able?1685
derivablea1711
attainable1712
embraceable1841
graspable1868
securable1876
a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 521 Fill'd with all Plenitude Divine, Derivable from Godhead Trine.
1799 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 158 The collateral benefits derivable by the Company.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius v. 150 The singular product, derivable from some organic bodies, called petroleum.
1884 Law Times 31 May 75/1 The income derivable from a capital sum of..twenty-six millions.
3. Capable of being obtained or drawn as a conclusion, deduction, or inference; deducible from.
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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
1651 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. Gift of Prayer iv. 33 The second sort of arguments, from our selves, are derivable from some of these heads.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 75 The right sense..thereof seemeth best derivable from considering the nature of the subject he treateth on.
1873 R. A. Proctor Expanse of Heaven 81 The main inference derivable from these hurricanes does not relate to their effects but to their cause.
4. Capable of being traced up to, or shown to proceed from (a source); traceable.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [adjective] > originated or derived > that may be derived
reductive1655
derivablea1682
affiliable1862
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) viii. 137 Derivable from the common Tongue diffused through them all.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 244 All these lamentable Accidents were both subsequent upon, and derivable from a Sin, which was fully pardoned.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. iii. §50 All other modes of consciousness are derivable from experiences of Force.
Derivatives
derivably adv. in a derivative manner.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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