augmentableadj.

Brit.

/ɔːɡˈmɛntəbl/, U.S.

/ɔɡˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/,

/ɑɡˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augment v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < augment v. + -able suffix.Compare Middle French, French augmentable (early 16th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.), post-classical Latin augmentabilis susceptible of increase (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources).

That can be augmented; susceptible to increasing or being increased in number, size, or degree; that may be added to, enlarged, or intensified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > able to

augmentablea1550

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased > able to be

increasable1534

augmentablea1550

multiplicable1596

multipliable1606

magnifiable1646

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 61^v (MED) Rich is he which any parte hathe in store Of our elixere, which be augmentable infinitlye.

1661 Iö Carole 9 Now if such glory augmentable seems The Warlike Duke stands by, and mixes beams.

1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. xlviii. 410/1 So will you have a Stone augmentable to Infinity.

?1725 P. Stubs Farther Advice to Clergy St. Alban (title page) Published at the Request of several of the St. Alban Clergy, and for the Interest of their small augmentable Livings.

1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. ix. 193 Every Multitude is infinitely augmentable.

1847 Reasoner No. 66 79/1 The Fund is also augmentable by donation, to be sent to 66, Bunhill Row.

1858 Country Gentleman 17 Feb. 115/1 Plants are living things or beings, springing from a germ, augmentable by nutrition and susceptible to the action of stimuli.

1946 Economica 13 120 It starts from a fundamental contrast between land or natural resources, given once for all, and labour which is augmentable.

2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Aug. g1 Push in on the lever for an electric Park function, augmentable by a foot-operated mechanical parking brake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	augmentable
释义	augmentableadj. Brit. /ɔːɡˈmɛntəbl/, U.S. /ɔɡˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/, /ɑɡˈmɛn(t)əb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augment v., -able suffix. Etymology: < augment v. + -able suffix.Compare Middle French, French augmentable (early 16th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 19th cent.), post-classical Latin augmentabilis susceptible of increase (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources). That can be augmented; susceptible to increasing or being increased in number, size, or degree; that may be added to, enlarged, or intensified. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > able to augmentablea1550 the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increased > able to be increasable1534 augmentablea1550 multiplicable1596 multipliable1606 magnifiable1646 a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 61^v (MED) Rich is he which any parte hathe in store Of our elixere, which be augmentable infinitlye. 1661 Iö Carole 9 Now if such glory augmentable seems The Warlike Duke stands by, and mixes beams. 1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. xlviii. 410/1 So will you have a Stone augmentable to Infinity. ?1725 P. Stubs Farther Advice to Clergy St. Alban (title page) Published at the Request of several of the St. Alban Clergy, and for the Interest of their small augmentable Livings. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. ix. 193 Every Multitude is infinitely augmentable. 1847 Reasoner No. 66 79/1 The Fund is also augmentable by donation, to be sent to 66, Bunhill Row. 1858 Country Gentleman 17 Feb. 115/1 Plants are living things or beings, springing from a germ, augmentable by nutrition and susceptible to the action of stimuli. 1946 Economica 13 120 It starts from a fundamental contrast between land or natural resources, given once for all, and labour which is augmentable. 2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Aug. g1 Push in on the lever for an electric Park function, augmentable by a foot-operated mechanical parking brake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1550
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