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preservable, a.|prɪˈzɜːvəb(ə)l|
[f. preserve v. + -able.]
Capable of being preserved.
1647Eng. Mountebank Casting Sickly Water of State 5 Meere Notions, and not vindicable, nor preservable by Law. 1832W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 537, I have often meditated to collect my preservable works under the denomination Wilhelm Taylor. 1868Ruskin Pol. Econ. Art Add. 232 No work can be wasted.., provided only the kind of it..be preservable and distributable.
Hence preservaˈbility.
1889Lancet 27 Apr. 35 Advt., Securing safety, palatability, convenience and preservability of drugs. 1959Brno Studies in English I. 11 This feature [sc. the documentary, preservable character of written utterances], which one may perhaps term ‘preservability’, has been appreciated by men since time immemorial. 1972Science 22 Sept. 1067/1 Some biologic groups show fossil diversities closer to their actual diversities than do other groups because of inherent differences in preservability. |