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referable, a.|ˈrɛfərəb(ə)l, rɪˈfɜːr-|
[f. refer v. + -able: cf. inferable, preferable, and see also referrable and referrible.]
Capable of being referred or assigned to, † unto (some person or thing); assignable, ascribable.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 345 All parts of time are alike unto him, unto whom none are referable. 1720Welton Suffer. Son of God I. vii. 137 The Names..are not possibly Referable to those they are generally given to. 1823H. J. Brooke Introd. Crystallogr. 147 It is probable..that there is not any mineral whose crystals are strictly referable to this class of octahedrons. 1879Proctor Pleas. Ways Sc. ii. 28 All the phenomena of weather are directly referable to the sun as their governing cause. |