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▪ I. investigable, a.1|ɪnˈvɛstɪgəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. investīgābil-is that may be searched into, f. investigāre: see investigate and -able.]
Capable of being investigated, traced out, or searched into; open to investigation, inquiry or research.
1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. vii. §7 In doing euill, we prefer a lesse good before a greater, the greatnesse whereof is by reason inuestigable and may bee knowne. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. iii. viii. 138 It is investigable by the very light and guidance of naturall reason. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 439 Had the Doctrine been investigable by human Reason. 1838Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 586 [It] places me in a world which has real infinitude, but is investigable only to the understanding.
▪ II. † inˈvestigable, a.2 Obs.
[ad. late L. investīgābil-is (Vulg.), f. in- (in-3) + *vestīgābilis, f. vestigāre to track, trace: cf. in same sense OF. investigable (14–15th c. in Godef.).]
Incapable of being traced; undiscoverable, unsearchable.
c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) E v, Inclose thee in cauernes or place inuestigable,..Our Lorde all beholdeth. 1513Douglas æneis x. Prol. 101 O Lord, thy ways beyn investigabill! 1530Palsgr. 316/2 Investygable nat able to be serched, inuestigable. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. ii. 183 Whose estate was incredible, and investigable by his executor. 1701S. Sewall Diary 30 June (1879) II. 38 The Providence of our Sovereign Lord is very investigable. |