limitableadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɪmᵻtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈlɪmᵻdəbəl/

Forms: 1500s– limitable, 1600s limmitable.

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

Etymology: < limit v. + -able suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French limitable (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, from 1563 or earlier in continental French; rare before 19th cent.).

That may be limited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > able to be

limitable1577

confinable1610

boundable1667

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. viii. sig. Kkk.ij/2 If the holy Ghost were a creature, he should haue at the least a limitable [L. circumscriptam] substance, as haue all thinges whiche are made.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliv. 291 When the childe knoweth his certainetie in all limitable circumstances.

1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 29 A power..limitable..not to be exercised within fifty dayes.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 999 If they are limitable by any other Power, they are Subjects to that Power.

1715 F. Grant Law, Relig., & Educ. 2 Some exalt the Regal Right, so as not to be limitable by Consent.

1774 A. Lee Answer Considerations Polit. Trans. Province S. Carolina 49 Is it not an Absurdity to suppose his Will limitable, who gives his own, by any Thing but his own Reason and Discretion?

1841 Blackwood's Mag Apr. 486/2 London alone was large enough for him: there alone is the pursuit of knowledge and of fame without limitable bounds.

1871 O. Shipley Four Cardinal Virtues 221 The Limits of Episcopal Obedience, at the present day, are limitable.

1921 Southern Reporter 87 564/1 Any excursion into a field of facts not immediately relevant to the issues in the cause was limitable by the discretion of the court.

1990 Episcopal Ministry (General Synod Church Eng.) i. v. 65 Claims to personal power held by bishops in their own right and neither answerable to the community nor limitable by the community.

2010 F. Buell in S. Skrimshire Future Ethics i. 30 Risk today is actually not finally manageable or limitable.

Derivatives

ˈlimitableness n. now rare.

ΘΚΠ

limitableness1644

1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy iv. 22 Neither its being supreme doth hinder its limitablenesse.

1685 H. More Let. 19 Jan. in J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 154 Those terms Totum and Omne..imply also a comprehensibleness, limitableness, or exhaustableness of the number of those parts.

1918 W. E. Ritter Probable Infinity of Nature & Life i. 37 Our mental attitude toward the limitableness or illimitableness of the system of nature.

1957 G. T. Thompson tr. K. Barth Church Dogmatics II. vi. 465 It speaks of the non-finiteness, the non-limitedness or non-limitableness, and therefore the timelessness and non-spatiality of God.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limitable
释义	limitableadj. Brit. /ˈlɪmᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˈlɪmᵻdəbəl/ Forms: 1500s– limitable, 1600s limmitable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: limit v., -able suffix. Etymology: < limit v. + -able suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French limitable (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman, from 1563 or earlier in continental French; rare before 19th cent.). That may be limited. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective] > able to be limitable1577 confinable1610 boundable1667 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. viii. sig. Kkk.ij/2 If the holy Ghost were a creature, he should haue at the least a limitable [L. circumscriptam] substance, as haue all thinges whiche are made. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xliv. 291 When the childe knoweth his certainetie in all limitable circumstances. 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 29 A power..limitable..not to be exercised within fifty dayes. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 999 If they are limitable by any other Power, they are Subjects to that Power. 1715 F. Grant Law, Relig., & Educ. 2 Some exalt the Regal Right, so as not to be limitable by Consent. 1774 A. Lee Answer Considerations Polit. Trans. Province S. Carolina 49 Is it not an Absurdity to suppose his Will limitable, who gives his own, by any Thing but his own Reason and Discretion? 1841 Blackwood's Mag Apr. 486/2 London alone was large enough for him: there alone is the pursuit of knowledge and of fame without limitable bounds. 1871 O. Shipley Four Cardinal Virtues 221 The Limits of Episcopal Obedience, at the present day, are limitable. 1921 Southern Reporter 87 564/1 Any excursion into a field of facts not immediately relevant to the issues in the cause was limitable by the discretion of the court. 1990 Episcopal Ministry (General Synod Church Eng.) i. v. 65 Claims to personal power held by bishops in their own right and neither answerable to the community nor limitable by the community. 2010 F. Buell in S. Skrimshire Future Ethics i. 30 Risk today is actually not finally manageable or limitable. Derivatives ˈlimitableness n. now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > ability to be limited limitableness1644 1644 P. Hunton Vindic. Treat. Monarchy iv. 22 Neither its being supreme doth hinder its limitablenesse. 1685 H. More Let. 19 Jan. in J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 154 Those terms Totum and Omne..imply also a comprehensibleness, limitableness, or exhaustableness of the number of those parts. 1918 W. E. Ritter Probable Infinity of Nature & Life i. 37 Our mental attitude toward the limitableness or illimitableness of the system of nature. 1957 G. T. Thompson tr. K. Barth Church Dogmatics II. vi. 465 It speaks of the non-finiteness, the non-limitedness or non-limitableness, and therefore the timelessness and non-spatiality of God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1577
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