† subsistableadj.

Forms: 1600s subsistible, 1600s 1800s subsistable.

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

Etymology: < subsist v. + -able suffix.With the form subsistible compare -ible suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Capable of maintaining subsistence, able to be subsisted on; (also) able to subsist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable

lifelike1600

vital1608

liveable1611

subsistable?1636

vivacious1660

viable1828

survivable1879

?1636 I. Stoughton Let. in Coll. Papers Orig. Hist. Massachusets-Bay (1769) 62 Tho' the place be subsistable, and an excellent harbour,..yet the providence of God guided us to so excellent a country.

1675 G. R. in tr. A. Le Grand Man without Passion To Rdr. [It] left Posterity in doubt, whether a man could be rendred sociable, that was not subsistible in Nature.

1858 M. A. Wallace-dunlop & R. H. M. Wallace-Dunlop Inverarity Timely Retreat or Year in Bengal I. 211 The rupees are eked out in a manner barely subsistable on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	subsistable
释义	† subsistableadj. Forms: 1600s subsistible, 1600s 1800s subsistable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subsist v., -able suffix. Etymology: < subsist v. + -able suffix.With the form subsistible compare -ible suffix. Obsolete. rare. Capable of maintaining subsistence, able to be subsisted on; (also) able to subsist. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable lifelike1600 vital1608 liveable1611 subsistable?1636 vivacious1660 viable1828 survivable1879 ?1636 I. Stoughton Let. in Coll. Papers Orig. Hist. Massachusets-Bay (1769) 62 Tho' the place be subsistable, and an excellent harbour,..yet the providence of God guided us to so excellent a country. 1675 G. R. in tr. A. Le Grand Man without Passion To Rdr. [It] left Posterity in doubt, whether a man could be rendred sociable, that was not subsistible in Nature. 1858 M. A. Wallace-dunlop & R. H. M. Wallace-Dunlop Inverarity Timely Retreat or Year in Bengal I. 211 The rupees are eked out in a manner barely subsistable on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.?1636
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