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单词 tractable
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tractableadj.

/ˈtraktəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < Latin tractābilis, < tractāre : see tract v.1, and compare treatable adj.
1.
a. That can be easily managed; docile, compliant, manageable, governable. (Of persons and animals, or their dispositions, etc.)
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable
beisuma1225
treatable1303
waldinc1485
tractable?1504
towardly1513
obsequent1520
conformable1547
unwilful1570
sonsya1622
ductile1622
obedible1622
ductible1623
unobstinate1632
ducible1633
docile1647
fictile1676
amenable1680
tawie1786
trottya1913
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. iii. 182 To be conuersaunt with meke, tractable or charitable company.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. The more noble courage and stomacke they be of, the more tractable they are.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 37 Rather with tractable willingnesse to learn, than with sharpnesse of wit.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle ii. sig. D1 Im'e glad the girle Is found so tractable.
1738 G. Berkeley Let. 11 May in Wks. (1871) IV. 258 You have to do with people of no very easy or tractable spirit.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 56 A large wolf-dog,..as tractable as he was strong and bold.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. ii. 45 Philip..found the Aragonese legislature by no means so tractable as the Castilian.
b. Const. to with noun or infinitive; in quot. 1651, easily led or persuaded to or to do something.
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1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii To god & to the chirche full obedyent & tractable.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. E2 I..found him not onely guiltie of the crime, but tractable to be reclaimed.
c1645 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 428 She is witty & very tractable to please.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 30 They are silly souls, and tractable to novelty.
c. transferred of an action, etc. Obsolete.
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c1609 in Capt. Smith's Virginia (1624) iii. xi. 89 He had oft brought the Salvages to a tractable trade.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 203 Their education to this tractable expedition is admirable.
2. Of things (usually concrete): Easy to manage, deal with, handle, or work; manageable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] > easily managed
handsome1440
wieldya1450
maniable1484
willing?a1513
tractable1555
wieldsome1565
manuable1594
manageable1598
handleable1611
subject1619
manuala1631
handy1640
flippant1677
wieldablea1688
clever1715
able1741
habile1741
docile1774
sweet1883
hand-tame1911
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 334v This metall [gold] is a body tractable and bryght.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 57 On which side the ground was more tractable.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 27/1 The Nut Tree..is extremely tractable, and good for most uses.
1898 Pall Mall Mag. May 20 She had a small but exquisitely tractable voice.
1900 E. F. Scott 4th Gospel vii. 216 Elements..not wholly tractable to his method of re-interpretation.
3. That can be handled; palpable, tangible.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [adjective] > cognizable by the senses or phenomenal
palpable?1435
comprehensible1579
tractable1605
tangible1620
sensitive1686
phenomenic1808
phenomenal1825
1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 203 These angels had palpable and tractable bodies.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. iii. 45 The visible and tractable Mater [matter].
1694 W. Holder Disc. Time i. 16 The other Measures..are of Continued Quantity, Permanent, and Visible, and for the most part Tractable; whereas Time is always Transient,..neither to be seen, nor felt, nor reserved.
4. That one can ‘do with’ or put up with; tolerable, endurable. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > forbearing or tolerant > endurable or tolerable
portablec1450
supportablec1450
tolerablea1500
durable1509
comportable1599
tractable1605
bearable1656
endurable1800
brookable1824
liveable1841
1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. H2v As soone As the coole winds haue fand [= fanned] the burning Sunne, And made it tractable for trauaylers.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. xii. 237 Eternity is the very sting of Hell: take that out, and the Sinner will think it tractable enough.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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