单词 | subscribable |
释义 | subscribableadj. Capable of being subscribed or subscribed to; to which subscription may be made. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > able to be subscribable1720 1720 ‘Philanthropos’ Let. to Earl of Sunderland 4 It may be very much conducing to the publick Welfare, if the said Sum were, by Authority of Parliament, made subscribable to the said Company. 1795 Pennsylvania State Trials: F. Hopkinson & J. Nicholson I. 534 The New-Loan certificates were subscribable to the loan of the United States. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 374 A Church..is known to have worded certain passages for the purpose of rendering them subscribable by both A and Z. 1853 C. F. Cornwallis Let. June in Select. from Lett. (1864) 328 If it were possible to alter the Articles so as to make them comprehensible to general readers and subscribable to many of the present moderate sects, it would be a great advantage. 1935 S. Maccoby Eng. Radicalism iii. 67 A Radicalism subscribable alike by Hume and O'Connell, Cobbett and Hunt. 1995 L. Banning Sacred Fire Liberty 503 The government..provided for two new loans, one subscribable in the old certificates of federal debt and one subscribable in assumed state securities. 2004 Transform Mag. (Nexis) Aug. 20 Popular channel types include e-mail, instant messaging and other subscribable information flows such as discussion forums and Web logs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1720 |
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