单词 | makeable |
释义 | makeableadj. That can be made.In quot. c1443: that can be applied. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > that may be created, produced, or constructed genderablea1398 makeablec1443 generable?a1505 frameable1559 parturient1599 omnipregnant1611 producible1640 creatablea1646 propagable1651 propagatory1652 creablea1656 produceable1677 productible1830 composable1929 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 288 (MED) Neuerþeles whiche ben þe evidencis whiche we mowe se and take in þe cours of leernyng makable vpon þe seid seuene maters..y schal..write in oþere placis. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 134 Ech treuthe..is a treuthe doable or makeable. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 70 The Accidents..are all Makeable and Destroyable, Generable and Corruptible. 1832 Westm. Rev. 17 22 The quantity of goods makeable, is quite a distinct thing from the quantity of goods saleable. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xi. 434 Plenty of editions made or makeable by a little surreptitious legerdemain. 1978 Detroit Free Press 2 Apr. 19C/2 Since it's unlikely to be a real suit, North risks by-passing what may be the one makable contract—three no trump. 1987 Golf World Aug. 38/1 I missed a makeable 10-footer at the 12th and a makeable putt at the 14th. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1443 |
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