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predeterminable, a. rare.|priːdɪˈtɜːmɪnəb(ə)l| [f. predetermine + -able; or f. pre- A. 3 + determinable.] Capable of being predetermined; determinable beforehand. Hence predeˌterminaˈbility, the quality of being predeterminable.
1835Coleridge in Fraser's Mag. XII. 620 A privilege which it owes to the simplicity, the paucity, and the predeterminability of its processes. 1901Daily Mail 31 Dec. 5 The sex of future man will be predeterminable. For a time one sex will predominate, then another. |