gatherableadj.
/ˈɡaðərəb(ə)l/ Capable of being gathered or inferred.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > implied meaning > [adjective]
implieda1535
gatherable1548
leer1631
subintelligential1887
loaded1942
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Aiv Here upon gatherable, it is [that] oure alone massing is a wyckednes uncomparable.
1616 S. Hieron Christians Liue-loode in Wks. (1620) II. 39 Many deare children of God..haue beene and are in great want..as is gatherable out of the parable of Lazarus.
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. i. i. 60 You will the more easily think the foreknowledge of the Divine Dispensations gatherable from Scripture to be highly valuable.
1820 Examiner No. 617. 84/1 It is easily gatherable from the anecdotes reported of him.
1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxi. 251 I will make this message, so far as I have yet been able to deliver it, clearly gatherable.
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