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inferable, -ible, a.|ɪnˈfɜːrəb(ə)l, ˈɪnfərɪb(ə)l|
See also inferrible.
[f. infer v., on the pattern of preferable, referable, from the corresp. Fr. words; but there is no F. inférable; L. analogy would require inferible; both L. and Fr. analogy, with the example of preferable, referable, transferable, require the stress to be on the first syllable; the pronunciation (ɪnˈfɜːrəb(ə)l), which is that of most dictionaries, would require the spelling inferrable: see inferrible.]
That may be inferred or drawn as a conclusion; deducible.
1755Johnson, Inferible [citing Sir T. Browne who has inferrible]. 1791Burke App. Whigs Wks. VI. 129 That an Argument is inferable from these premises. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. ii. 251 The fact is inferible, from..the informations of Ptolemy. 1811Shelley Let. to Godwin in Dowden Shelley (1886) I. v. 218, I see no reason hence inferable which should alter my wishes. 1860H. Spencer Phys. Laughter Ess. 1891 II. 463 The fact, alike inferable a priori and illustrated in experience. 1875Whitney Life Lang. xiv. 290 The inferable beginnings of human language-making. |