takableadj.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 11 Which forto seie and holde is not takeable of mannis witt.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 82 (MED) If in oþire placis of my writingis, y be so sobre þat þei ben anoon takeable of ȝoure vndirstonding, be it to ȝoure profite.

1648 R. Weldon Doctr. Script. ii. 8 The Priesthood, as well as the Regality, was the Prerogative of the First-born: and if this inferiour Dignity be not takeable, but by the evidence of Gods Donation, then certainly, not the Superiour of King-ship.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. vi. sig. O8 Necessary to the rendring these Medicines takable by me.

1777 ‘A. D. Philidor’ Anal. Game of Chess Rules vi In case it [sc. the piece] was not takeable, you, who have touched it, must play your king if you can.

1803 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 21/1 In the last war we had taken every thing that was takeable.

1826 Examiner 772/1 Every take-able seat in the house had been taken.

1893 Temple Bar 97 608 It is the only one takable, and I take it.

1939 Z. N. Hurston Moses xi. 109 Where is the war? Anywhere that we find booty that is takeable.

1983 Catch Sept. 17 The takeable oysters are sorted from the unwanted material and undersized oysters.

2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 109 The state of lowest energy, or what remains when you take away everything that is takable.