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† deˈpartable, -ible, a. Obs.
[a. OF. departable (13–14th c. in Godef.), f. depart-ir vb.: see -ble. The form in -ible follows L. analogy: cf. L. partībilis from partīrī.]
1. That may be parted or separated; separable.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xvii. 26 Þe Trinite, Thre persones in parcelles departable fro other, And alle þre but o god. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. ii. 282 Riȝt of vce is dyuers and departable fro the riȝt of lordschip. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 104 Yf eny of them were departable from other.
2. That may be, or is to be, divided or distributed; divisible.
[1292Britton iii. viii. §4 Qe le heretage soit departable entre touz les enfauntz.] 1483Cath. Angl. 96 Departiabylle, diuisibilis. 1535Act 27 Hen. VIII, c 26 §35 Landes..to be departed and departable amonges issues and heires males. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 139 b, The whiche tenementes be departable among the brethren. 1741T. Robinson Gavelkind ii. 26 They had always been departible. |