单词 | perpetuable |
释义 | perpetuableadj. rare. Able to be perpetuated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] > capable of being made perpetual perpetuable1860 1860 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) May 417 A few of the many of this kind..we give in a note as specimens... Puppet-valve, phosphorogenic, perpetuable. 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. ii. xiv. 444 When once originated they [sc. sports or varieties] are perpetuable by any of the processes of bud-propagation just described. 1993 Monumenta Nipponica 48 448 Nor was the continuity of the house perpetuable through adoption and related naming practices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860 |
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