单词 | releasable |
释义 | releasableadj. Able to be released (in various senses); spec. (in early use) that may be revoked or remitted; (later) that may be set loose, freed, or made available. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > releasing hold > [adjective] releasable1936 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Remissible, remittable,..releasable. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. Illustr. 188 He discharged all Monasteries and Churches of all..taxes,..excepting such as were..not Releasable. 1724 T. Salmon Crit Ess. Marriage 206 Where the Contract is in Words of future Time, as I will marry you; I promise to marry you, &c. which refer the marriage to a future Act, there it is releasable. 1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 3 93 It was decided by degrees that they [sc. executory devises] were descendible, releasable, and assignable. 1854 Fraser's Mag. 50 318 A religious congregation forming simple, i.e. releasable vows. 1903 Times 27 Mar. 10/1 The maximum amount of money releasable under the proposed transaction is $5,000,000. 1936 National Geographic Mag. 69 93/2 Heavy items of apparatus to be carried in releasable form on the outside of the gondola. 1988 Making Music Jan. 18/1 It was the first song we had that was releaseable, so we scraped £800 together, and pressed it ourselves. 2003 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 17 Apr. 1 b Outfitting residents' homes with releasable window bars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611 |
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