pretendableadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈtɛndəbl/, U.S.

/priˈtɛndəb(ə)l/,

/prəˈtɛndəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s pretendible, 1600s 1900s pretendable.

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

Etymology: < pretend v. + -able suffix.

rare after 17th cent.

That may be pretended; esp. (in early use) that may be claimed or professed.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > claiming > claimed > able to be

claimable1611

pretendable1648

1648 J. Hare Englands Proper & Onely Way 11 As for the defaults of former times in this particular, they are not now pretendible for excuse.

1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 628 Motives to Unity..some of them equally pretendable nay actually pretended by Turks, Hereticks, etc.

1688 O. Walker Of Faith Table of Contents sig. O2 Infallible Certainty at least not pretendable against any General contrary judgment of the Church.

1880 Albany Law Jrnl. 13 Mar. 218/2 Is it pretendable that upon the same facts and conclusions of law,..there could be no review of the question of law by the Court of Appeals?

1998 L. R. Goldman Child's Play Introd. 26 Imagination continues to bear the impress of anything that is pretendable, and human artefacts and processes of all kinds are reduced to the single capacity to indulge in shared pretence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pretendable
释义	pretendableadj. Brit. /prᵻˈtɛndəbl/, U.S. /priˈtɛndəb(ə)l/, /prəˈtɛndəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s pretendible, 1600s 1900s pretendable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretend v., -able suffix. Etymology: < pretend v. + -able suffix. rare after 17th cent. That may be pretended; esp. (in early use) that may be claimed or professed. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > claiming > claimed > able to be claimable1611 pretendable1648 1648 J. Hare Englands Proper & Onely Way 11 As for the defaults of former times in this particular, they are not now pretendible for excuse. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 628 Motives to Unity..some of them equally pretendable nay actually pretended by Turks, Hereticks, etc. 1688 O. Walker Of Faith Table of Contents sig. O2 Infallible Certainty at least not pretendable against any General contrary judgment of the Church. 1880 Albany Law Jrnl. 13 Mar. 218/2 Is it pretendable that upon the same facts and conclusions of law,..there could be no review of the question of law by the Court of Appeals? 1998 L. R. Goldman Child's Play Introd. 26 Imagination continues to bear the impress of anything that is pretendable, and human artefacts and processes of all kinds are reduced to the single capacity to indulge in shared pretence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1648
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