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† reˈquirable, a. Obs.
Also 4 requer-.
[orig. a. OF. requerable (1275 in Godef.); in later use f. require v. + -able.]
Capable of being required; that may properly be asked for.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. vi. 41 (Camb. MS.), But which is thilke yowre dereworthe power þat is so cleer and so requerable [L. expetibilis]. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 5 Looke what dutie and seruice is requireable of a friende to a friende. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 133 Nor wants this Towne any fruit requirable for the Zone tis placed in. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. (1677) 136 It contains..all Circumstances requirable in a History to inform. |