† testableadj.¹

/ˈtɛstəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < late Latin testābilis that has a right to bear testimony (Gellius), < testārī : see testate adj.¹ and n. and -able suffix; compare obsolete French testable capable of making a will (1514 in Godefroy) from the same source.

Obsolete.

a. Legally qualified to bear witness.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > qualified to bear witness

testable1676

1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 25 A Deed solemnly testified by the Testimony..of Seven Testable Persons that are..worthy to be believed.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Testable.., that by the Law may bear witness.

b. Legally able to make a will.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Testable, testable; that can make a Will; that may be deuised by Will.

2. Devisable by will.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > left by will > capable of being

devisable1535

testamentary1629

bequeathable1655

testable1681

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. iv. xlii. §21 A power of legating..the Deads part of Movables, which is..most ordinarily the third of Testable Movables.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxxii. 494 Such of his goods as were testable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

testableadj.²

/ˈtɛstəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < test v.² + -able suffix.

That may be tested or tried; spec. in Philosophy of Science, of a theory: capable of being empirically tested. (In quot. 1647 apparently ‘That on being put to the test prove to be’.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [adjective] > capable of being tried

groundablec1449

triable1612

testable1647

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > that may be

examinable1605

testable1647

amenable1817

assayable1859

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > other theories or elements

descendental1847

scientistic1879

nomic1892

hypothetico-deductive1912

essentialist1938

inductivist1945

testable1945

observationalist1951

metascientific1965

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xii. 30) So are all testable indifferents, out of God's book of remembrance. Mal. iii. 17.

1922 Glasgow Herald 14 Apr. 8 Japanese history does not become a record of testable facts until the fifth or sixth century A.D.

1945 Mind 54 2 A statement is called testable in principle, if it is possible to describe the kind of data which would confirm or disconfirm it.

1959 K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Discov. vi. 112 Theories may be more, or less, severely testable; that is to say, more, or less, easily falsifiable. The degree of their testability is of significance for the selection of theories.

1968 P. A. P. Moran Introd. Probability Theory i. 57 The two laws differ in their empirical nature in that the first is empirically testable whilst the second is not.

1973 B. Magee Popper ii. 22 Scientific laws are testable in spite of being unprovable: they can be tested by systematic tests to refute them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	testable
释义	† testableadj.¹ /ˈtɛstəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < late Latin testābilis that has a right to bear testimony (Gellius), < testārī : see testate adj.¹ and n. and -able suffix; compare obsolete French testable capable of making a will (1514 in Godefroy) from the same source. Obsolete. 1. a. Legally qualified to bear witness. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [adjective] > qualified to bear witness testable1676 1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 25 A Deed solemnly testified by the Testimony..of Seven Testable Persons that are..worthy to be believed. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Testable.., that by the Law may bear witness. b. Legally able to make a will. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Testable, testable; that can make a Will; that may be deuised by Will. 2. Devisable by will. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [adjective] > left by will > capable of being devisable1535 testamentary1629 bequeathable1655 testable1681 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. iv. xlii. §21 A power of legating..the Deads part of Movables, which is..most ordinarily the third of Testable Movables. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxxii. 494 Such of his goods as were testable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). testableadj.² /ˈtɛstəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < test v.² + -able suffix. That may be tested or tried; spec. in Philosophy of Science, of a theory: capable of being empirically tested. (In quot. 1647 apparently ‘That on being put to the test prove to be’.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > [adjective] > capable of being tried groundablec1449 triable1612 testable1647 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > that may be examinable1605 testable1647 amenable1817 assayable1859 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > other theories or elements descendental1847 scientistic1879 nomic1892 hypothetico-deductive1912 essentialist1938 inductivist1945 testable1945 observationalist1951 metascientific1965 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xii. 30) So are all testable indifferents, out of God's book of remembrance. Mal. iii. 17. 1922 Glasgow Herald 14 Apr. 8 Japanese history does not become a record of testable facts until the fifth or sixth century A.D. 1945 Mind 54 2 A statement is called testable in principle, if it is possible to describe the kind of data which would confirm or disconfirm it. 1959 K. R. Popper Logic of Sci. Discov. vi. 112 Theories may be more, or less, severely testable; that is to say, more, or less, easily falsifiable. The degree of their testability is of significance for the selection of theories. 1968 P. A. P. Moran Introd. Probability Theory i. 57 The two laws differ in their empirical nature in that the first is empirically testable whilst the second is not. 1973 B. Magee Popper ii. 22 Scientific laws are testable in spite of being unprovable: they can be tested by systematic tests to refute them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.¹1611adj.²1647
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