单词 | reclaimable |
释义 | reclaimableadj. That may be reclaimed (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > capable of being domesticated reclaimable1583 domable1623 domiciliated1782 domesticable1806 subjugable1895 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > reclaimed or reclaimable reclaimable1583 reclaimed1765 irreclaimed1814 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > tamed or trained > tameable or trainable trainablec1550 tameable1552 reclaimable1583 schoolable1594 domable1623 domesticable1806 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > reformed > able to be recuperable?a1439 reformable?a1439 reduciblec1475 mendable1533 corrigible1583 reclaimable1583 redeemable1611 1583 A. Fleming Table Doctr. in A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie sig. Qqqqq5v/1 The Frenchmen noted for curiositie, and costlinesse in apparell, from the which they are not reclaimable. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 371 He..hath power to reclaim those that are reclaimable;..as Horses, Elephants, Camels. 1734 B. Parker Philos. Medit., with Divine Inferences Pref. p. xiv He might become the Mediator of a New Covenant to all the fallen, rational, reclaimable Inhabitants of the whole Creation. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. viii. 288 Any beast may be an estray, that is by nature tame or reclaimable. 1794 Gen. View Agric. County of Stafford (Board of Agric. Great Brit.) 22 Of the waste and forest lands, it is probable that the reclaimable part amounts to 100,000 [acres]. 1814 Masquerade iv. iv, in New Brit. Theatre I. 261 If you have resolution to do that, I shall begin to think you reclaimable. 1845 Amer. Rev. Sept. 258/2 It can dispose of its possessions in any way consistent with its charter, even to the extent of a reclaimable deposit of them under the general protection of another corporation. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine vi. 145 The valley appeared as though it might be reclaimable by Nile water. 1954 N. Coward Diary 31 Jan. (2000) 231 I am afraid he has let himself go too far to be reclaimable and, as far as I can see, his future is black. 1985 Assoc. Press (Nexis) 16 Apr. Up to 60 percent of the country's waste consists of reclaimable materials like paper, glass, aluminum, copper and rubber worth more than $900 million a year. 2001 Financial Times 27 Jan. (Personal Finance Q. Review) 21 (advt.) Until 5 April 2004, a 10% tax credit is reclaimable on dividends from UK equities held within an ISA. Derivatives reˈclaimableness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > ability to be reformed reformablenessa1591 recoverableness1610 reclaimableness1695 1695 J. Sage Article in Wks. (1844) I. 70 Such as are in a state of reclaimableness. 1852 Times 8 Oct. 4/2 We were only told..all about the old penal laws, the absentee landlords, the church establishment, the Irishman's strong natural affections, his industry with an adequate motive, and his reclaimableness when in good hands. 1988 L. Bonilla & J. Salazar in L. Mazza World Cities & Future of Metropoles 359/3 Reclaimableness..is one advantage of this kind of action. reˈclaimably adv. rare. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Reclaimably. 1979 Sci. Progr. 66 163 The effect is non-dissipative, like an elastic restraint, and energy is stored, reclaimably, in the magnetic field. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1583 |
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