单词 | assignable |
释义 | assignableadj. 1. That may be assigned or allotted; legally transferable. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [adjective] > transferable alienable1604 demisable1661 transferrable1714 assignable1809 transferable1874 conveyable1875 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Assignment A bond is assignable for a valuable consideration paid. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §4. 66 A fixed number of scholarships..assignable among the colleges. 2. That may be designated or specified. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > going into detail > specially mentioned or indicated > able to be assignable1659 specifiable1661 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 178 Being thus the Alpha..he was before any time assignable. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §239 No assignable power..could lift one of these stones. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 82 Without assignable limit. 3. That may be referred as belonging to or originating in; attributable. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] > attributable or imputable longc1300 referrible1576 referable1583 imputable1635 ascriptive1649 attributary1650 attributable1661 due to1669 ascribable1671 assignable1673 accountable1681 creditable1862 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. ii. §15 The correcting of som particular passions are more immediately assignable to other virtues. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius viii. 235 Thus three relations of volcanic energy are assignable to geographical conditions. 4. That may be alleged as accounting for. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] > that may be alleged as accounting for assignable1659 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 36 There is no other cause assignable of the rain but God. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria I. i. 8 In the truly great poets..there is a reason assignable..for every word. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1659 |
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