maintainableadj.

Brit.

/meɪnˈteɪnəbl/,

/mənˈteɪnəbl/, U.S.

/meɪnˈteɪnəbəl/

Forms: late Middle English mayntenable, late Middle English meintenable, late Middle English 1600s maintenable, 1500s mainteinable, 1500s maynteinable, 1500s–1600s maintaineable, 1500s– maintainable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French maintenable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman maintenable < maintenir maintain v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin manutenibilis (from c1390 in British sources).

1. Esp. of an opinion or an action at law: to be or able to be maintained, kept up, held, defended, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > able to be defended (of suit)

pleadablec1400

maintainable1435

intendible1613

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > vindicated > able to be > able to be defended by argument

defensible1483

maintainable1599

defendable1660

society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > capable of being defended

defensible1572

defendable1579

tenable1579

tenible1633

holdablea1649

maintainable1680

1435–6 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xli (MED) It hath be used..bi the custume..plaintes of covenaunt to be meintenable with ynne the seide town.

1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 22/1 No action to be mayntenable ayenste the seid named Executours.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 21 §1 Wordes vttered by them..not mainteinable in your lawes.

1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. viii. 427 No suite for any cause rysinge within the realme, maynteinable in any place out of the realm.

1599 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. N1 A matter sinisterly suggested vnto you against mee, without anie maintainable reason.

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 68 Your exception is good, and maintenable by our Law.

1648 tr. J.-F. Senault Paraphr. Job 338 Doe you thinke that your Propositions are maintaineable?

1680 London Gaz. No. 1522/3 His Excellency called a Council of War, where it was judged, That the Out Forts were not maintainable.

1777 A. Hamilton Let. 5 Apr. in Papers (1961) I. 220 To effect this would require a chain of posts and such a number of men at each as would never be practicable or maintainable but to an immense army.

1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 527 I think he extends the inspiration of Scripture further than is maintainable.

1837 Sir N. C. Tindal in Bingham's New Cases I. 99 I think this action is maintainable against the husband and wife jointly.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma x. 336 It is a maintainable thesis that the allegorising of the Fathers is right.

1971 P. Gresswell Environment 104 All footpaths and bridleways shown on definitive maps are maintainable by the Highway Authorities.

1987 E. North Worldly Goods (1988) viii. 86 Many vicarages these days were sold off, and new, more easily maintainable ones built in their grounds.

†2. Affording a livelihood. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > connected with or providing maintenance or support > providing immediate necessities of life

maintainable1583

potboiling1777

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L8^v May a pastor..(hauing a maintainable liuing allowed him of his flock) preach in other places for monie?

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M4 But what if the pastors liuing be not maintaineable or sufficient for him to liue vpon..?

Derivatives

mainˈtainableness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > specific qualities of suit or action

maintainableness1727

contingency1861

duplicitousness1951

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maintainableness.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Nov. 6 The point in favour of the maintainableness of the action..had been argued by two able counsel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maintainable
释义	maintainableadj. Brit. /meɪnˈteɪnəbl/, /mənˈteɪnəbl/, U.S. /meɪnˈteɪnəbəl/ Forms: late Middle English mayntenable, late Middle English meintenable, late Middle English 1600s maintenable, 1500s mainteinable, 1500s maynteinable, 1500s–1600s maintaineable, 1500s– maintainable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French maintenable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman maintenable < maintenir maintain v. + -able -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin manutenibilis (from c1390 in British sources). 1. Esp. of an opinion or an action at law: to be or able to be maintained, kept up, held, defended, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [adjective] > able to be defended (of suit) pleadablec1400 maintainable1435 intendible1613 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > vindicated > able to be > able to be defended by argument defensible1483 maintainable1599 defendable1660 society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > capable of being defended defensible1572 defendable1579 tenable1579 tenible1633 holdablea1649 maintainable1680 1435–6 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xli (MED) It hath be used..bi the custume..plaintes of covenaunt to be meintenable with ynne the seide town. 1439 Rolls of Parl. V. 22/1 No action to be mayntenable ayenste the seid named Executours. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 21 §1 Wordes vttered by them..not mainteinable in your lawes. 1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. viii. 427 No suite for any cause rysinge within the realme, maynteinable in any place out of the realm. 1599 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. N1 A matter sinisterly suggested vnto you against mee, without anie maintainable reason. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 68 Your exception is good, and maintenable by our Law. 1648 tr. J.-F. Senault Paraphr. Job 338 Doe you thinke that your Propositions are maintaineable? 1680 London Gaz. No. 1522/3 His Excellency called a Council of War, where it was judged, That the Out Forts were not maintainable. 1777 A. Hamilton Let. 5 Apr. in Papers (1961) I. 220 To effect this would require a chain of posts and such a number of men at each as would never be practicable or maintainable but to an immense army. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 527 I think he extends the inspiration of Scripture further than is maintainable. 1837 Sir N. C. Tindal in Bingham's New Cases I. 99 I think this action is maintainable against the husband and wife jointly. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma x. 336 It is a maintainable thesis that the allegorising of the Fathers is right. 1971 P. Gresswell Environment 104 All footpaths and bridleways shown on definitive maps are maintainable by the Highway Authorities. 1987 E. North Worldly Goods (1988) viii. 86 Many vicarages these days were sold off, and new, more easily maintainable ones built in their grounds. †2. Affording a livelihood. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > connected with or providing maintenance or support > providing immediate necessities of life maintainable1583 potboiling1777 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. L8^v May a pastor..(hauing a maintainable liuing allowed him of his flock) preach in other places for monie? 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M4 But what if the pastors liuing be not maintaineable or sufficient for him to liue vpon..? Derivatives mainˈtainableness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit > specific qualities of suit or action maintainableness1727 contingency1861 duplicitousness1951 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maintainableness. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Nov. 6 The point in favour of the maintainableness of the action..had been argued by two able counsel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1435
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