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derivable, a.|dɪˈraɪvəb(ə)l|
[f. derive v. + -able. Cf. mod.F. dérivable.]
Capable of being derived: in various senses of the vb.
†1. Capable of being transmitted or passed on from one to another; transmissible. Obs.
1640Bp. Hall Episc. ii. vi. 118 Those works which are..derivable to all successions, to the end of the world. 1649― Cases Consc. (1650) 416 This incest..was permanent, and derivable to her posterity. a1716South (J.), The eternal rule and standard of all honour derivable upon me.
2. Capable of being drawn or obtained (from some source); obtainable.
a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 521 Fill'd with all Plenitude Divine, Derivable from Godhead Trine. 1799Wellington in Owen Desp. 158 The collateral benefits derivable by the Company. 1869Phillips Vesuv. v. 150 The singular product, derivable from some organic bodies, called petroleum. 1884Law Times 31 May 75/1 The income derivable from a capital sum of..twenty-six millions.
3. Capable of being obtained or drawn as a conclusion, deduction, or inference; deducible from.
1653Wilkins On Prayer iv. (T.), The second sort of arguments, from ourselves, are derivable from some of these heads. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 II. 57 The right sense thereof seemeth best derivable from..the nature of the subject he treateth on. 1873Proctor Expanse Heaven 81 The main inference derivable from these hurricanes does not relate to their effects but to their cause.
4. Capable of being traced up to, or shown to proceed from (a source); traceable.
a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 137 Derivable from the common Tongue diffused through them all. a1716South Serm. VI. 226 (T.) All these lamentable accidents were both subsequent upon, and derivable from a sin, which was fully pardoned. 1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. iii. §50 All other modes of consciousness are derivable from experiences of Force.
Hence derivably adv., in a derivative manner.
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