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† exˈpetible, a. Obs. [ad. L. expetibil-is, f. expetĕre to desire, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + petĕre to seek.] To be wished for or desired; desirable.
1569Newton Cicero's Old Age 30 a, Somethinge..excellente, and for itself onely expetible. 1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iv. 4 Particular pleasure is expetible in it selfe. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. xiv. 410 An establishment, somewhat less perfect with [uniformity]..is more expetible than an appointment in some Circumstances more perfect, without [uniformity]. 1721–1800in Bailey. Hence † exˈpetibleness, the quality of being desirable.
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