† illustrableadj.
Obsolete.
= illustratable adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] > capable of explanation
explicable1545
explainable1610
illustrable1658
accountable1665
solvablea1845
illustratable1850
expoundable1887
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus ii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 113 Solution and consolidation, union, and division, illustrable from Aristotle in the old Nucifragium or Nutcracker.
1668 G. C. in H. More Divine Dialogues To Rdr. sig. a ij How illustrable that passage is from the last Section of the 7. Chapter of Des Cartes his Meteors.
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adj.1658- to get off
- to get off a person's case
- to get off at edge etc
- to get off at edge gateshead
- to get off at edge hill
- to get off at edge redfern
- to get off by heart
- to get off from
- to get off lightly
- to get off of
- to get off on the right foot
- to get off on the wrong foot
- to get off one's arse
- to get off one's ass
- to get off one's backside
- to get off one's bike
- to get off one's mark
- to get off one's perch
- to get off scot-free
- to get off scotfree
- to get off some leg
- to get off the ground
- to get off the mark
- to get off the pot
- to get off the spot