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单词 partable
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partableadj.

Brit. /ˈpɑːtəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɑrtəb(ə)l/
Forms: Middle English partabil, Middle English partabyl, Middle English partyable, Middle English pertable, Middle English portable (transmission error), Middle English–1500s parteable, Middle English– partable.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French partable ; part v., -able suffix.
Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman partable subject to partition, participating (in), and Middle French partable able to be divided or shared (1242 in Old French; < partir part v. + -able -able suffix), and partly < part v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin partabilis that can be divided into parts (c1245 in a British source).
1. Solitary, isolated. Obsolete. rare.
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c1390 Gast of Gy (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 303 (MED) I am punissched be daye in þis partable purgatorie, and be nihte in comuyn purgatorie wiþ oþer soules.
2. Capable of having a part or share in; complicit in; able to partake of or participate in. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > able to share
partablea1400
partakable1632
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 2980 Ȝyf..To weddyd wyfe..þou letter bare, And þou were þerof weyl ware, Þogh hyt were ouþer mennys synne, Ȝyt art þou partable þer-ynne.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 61 He shall be partable in the synne.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 9928 Thy body..wyl also be partable Off thy merytes & guerdouns.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 259 To ben partabyl with me in my reyn above, Ȝe xal drynk myn blood with gret devocyon.
a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 141 (MED) Children..shulde be partable in penaunce, þouȝ they were noȝt party in synnynge.
1527 Golden Legend in Docum. St. Paul's (1880) 188 Vouchesafe..to make hym partable of thyn excellent ioye.
3. Capable of being divided or distributed. Cf. partible adj.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > able to be divided
partablec1400
departable1483
partible1540
severable1548
divisible1552
dividable1587
dividuala1620
depertible1626
dividuous1766
sliceable1976
c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 63 Watris..remuynge, freele, and partable.
1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 129 (MED) John de la Towr solde hem sugur loofys þe weyȝt off xxvjcxlvj lb. nt. pertable by twyxe hem at xiij d. þe lb.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 88 (MED) Þe Eye of Philosophers..ys partable in ffoure.
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 33 §1 To be parteable amonges the seid Robert Dymmok, Thomas Laurence, and Kateryn.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 36 That all manoures, landes..and other hereditamentes..in any of the said Shyres of Wales..be..holden as English Tenure..and not to be partable among heyres males.
1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 5 I have some kind of doubts..whether..it bee partable as among coheires.
a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 324 The Bridsgrooms all the Brids, his all is hers. He's not partable nor by parts give out.
1795 R. Burroughes Farming Jrnl. 21 Sept. (1995) The two outside drains viz. 7 rods..was partable with Mr Hervey & the other on the north partable with Mr. Carter.
1867 in Amer. Year Bk. & National Reg. for 1969 219 On partable gold or silver intended for fine bars, there are two charges.
1978 Speculum 53 792 Inheritances were partable.., and the Florentine signatory was regularly granting petitions for dividing lineages.
2003 New Yorker (Nexis) 6 Jan. 30 The Michael's haircut is the classic you-got-a-haircut job: partable bangs, shorn neck, ears free and clear.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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