referableadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈfəːrəbl/,

/ˈrɛf(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈfərəb(ə)l/,

/riˈfərəb(ə)l/,

/ˈrɛf(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1500s– referrable.

β. 1600s– referable.

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

Etymology: < refer v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French referable citable (15th cent.), eloquent (a1504). Compare referrible adj. Compare earlier sufferable adj. and offerable adj., and later preferable adj., transferable adj., inferable adj., conferrable adj. N.E.D. (1905) distinguishes between the α. forms as showing stress on the second syllable and the β. forms as showing stress on the first syllable, and records them as separate dictionary entries. However, it is uncertain how consistently this correspondence between spelling and pronunciation has been applied in practice: in modern use, the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable seems to be commonest, but the spelling accords with that of words generally stressed on the first syllable (compare preferable adj., sufferable adj., offerable adj., as against conferrable adj., incurrable adj., although for other exceptions compare also transferable adj., inferable adj.).

With to (†unto). Capable of being referred or ascribed; assignable, ascribable. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] > attributable or imputable

longc1300

referrible1576

referable1583

imputable1635

ascriptive1649

attributary1650

attributable1661

due to1669

ascribable1671

assignable1673

accountable1681

creditable1862

α.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie sig. Qqqqq 5/3 All things referrable to Gods prouidence & not to Fortune.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 140 Anne Clyfford..because having her greatest Residence and Estate in the North, is properly referrable to this County.

1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 532 Those motions..are aptly enough referrable..to those several commandments.

1721 R. Fern Treat. Celestial Work & Worship v. 227 The glorifying God is the great Center and Point, that what they do is referrable unto.

1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 63 The present governors act only by an authority referrable to, and derived from the right of the city.

1826 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 389 I drew the conclusion, that the combinations and decompositions by electricity were referrable to the law of electrical attractions and repulsions.

1870 J. H. Beadle Life in Utah viii. 274 Infinite combinations of four simple laws, directly referrable to the will of God.

1918 Jrnl. Amer. Instit. Criminal Law & Criminology 8 669 They [sc. spasms] were not shown to have occurred at the time of the birth of the child, nor to have been referrable to it.

1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 33/1 Veins that are elongated, tortuous and dilated but which give rise to no symptoms or to one symptom referrable to the legs.

β. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 345 All parts of time are alike unto him, unto whom none are referable . 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. vii. 137 The Names..are not possibly Referable to those they are generally given to.1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. v. 36 If any positive pains result from the want of wealth, they are referable to some other class of positive pains; principally to those of the senses.1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 147 It is probable..that there is not any mineral whose crystals are strictly referable to this class of octahedrons.1879 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. ii. 28 All the phenomena of weather are directly referable to the sun as their governing cause.1902 Times 21 Feb. 13/4 The decline in the passenger traffic..was referable to a large extent to the effects of competition.1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station i. iii. 16 His history of France..displays a bold emotional design which is easily referable to Michelet's own experience.1998 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 541 Originally identified as a simosaur, the incomplete and poorly preserved skull is instead referable to the genus Nothosaurus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	referable
释义	referableadj. Brit. /rᵻˈfəːrəbl/, /ˈrɛf(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /rəˈfərəb(ə)l/, /riˈfərəb(ə)l/, /ˈrɛf(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1500s– referrable. β. 1600s– referable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: refer v., -able suffix. Etymology: < refer v. + -able suffix. Compare Middle French referable citable (15th cent.), eloquent (a1504). Compare referrible adj. Compare earlier sufferable adj. and offerable adj., and later preferable adj., transferable adj., inferable adj., conferrable adj. N.E.D. (1905) distinguishes between the α. forms as showing stress on the second syllable and the β. forms as showing stress on the first syllable, and records them as separate dictionary entries. However, it is uncertain how consistently this correspondence between spelling and pronunciation has been applied in practice: in modern use, the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable seems to be commonest, but the spelling accords with that of words generally stressed on the first syllable (compare preferable adj., sufferable adj., offerable adj., as against conferrable adj., incurrable adj., although for other exceptions compare also transferable adj., inferable adj.). With to (†unto). Capable of being referred or ascribed; assignable, ascribable. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] > attributable or imputable longc1300 referrible1576 referable1583 imputable1635 ascriptive1649 attributary1650 attributable1661 due to1669 ascribable1671 assignable1673 accountable1681 creditable1862 α. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie sig. Qqqqq 5/3 All things referrable to Gods prouidence & not to Fortune. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Westmorl. 140 Anne Clyfford..because having her greatest Residence and Estate in the North, is properly referrable to this County. 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 532 Those motions..are aptly enough referrable..to those several commandments. 1721 R. Fern Treat. Celestial Work & Worship v. 227 The glorifying God is the great Center and Point, that what they do is referrable unto. 1768 Ann. Reg. 1767 63 The present governors act only by an authority referrable to, and derived from the right of the city. 1826 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 389 I drew the conclusion, that the combinations and decompositions by electricity were referrable to the law of electrical attractions and repulsions. 1870 J. H. Beadle Life in Utah viii. 274 Infinite combinations of four simple laws, directly referrable to the will of God. 1918 Jrnl. Amer. Instit. Criminal Law & Criminology 8 669 They [sc. spasms] were not shown to have occurred at the time of the birth of the child, nor to have been referrable to it. 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 33/1 Veins that are elongated, tortuous and dilated but which give rise to no symptoms or to one symptom referrable to the legs. β. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 345 All parts of time are alike unto him, unto whom none are referable . View more context for this quotation1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. vii. 137 The Names..are not possibly Referable to those they are generally given to.1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. v. 36 If any positive pains result from the want of wealth, they are referable to some other class of positive pains; principally to those of the senses.1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 147 It is probable..that there is not any mineral whose crystals are strictly referable to this class of octahedrons.1879 R. A. Proctor Pleasant Ways Sci. ii. 28 All the phenomena of weather are directly referable to the sun as their governing cause.1902 Times 21 Feb. 13/4 The decline in the passenger traffic..was referable to a large extent to the effects of competition.1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station i. iii. 16 His history of France..displays a bold emotional design which is easily referable to Michelet's own experience.1998 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 18 541 Originally identified as a simosaur, the incomplete and poorly preserved skull is instead referable to the genus Nothosaurus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1583
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