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provable, proveable, a.|ˈpruːvəb(ə)l|
Also 4–5 prevable, (5 -bulle), 6 proov(e)able.
[a. OF. pro(u)vable (c 1225 in Godef.) that can be proved, worthy of approbation, ad. L. probābil-is probable. The form prevable is f. preve (see prove); proveable (usual from 17th to early 19th c.) affects direct formation from prove v.]
1. Capable of being proved; of which the truth or validity can be established; demonstrable.
c1400Rom. Rose 5414 And if thee thinke it is doutable, It is thurgh argument provable [orig. c'est bien par argument prouvable]. c1400Apol. Loll. 7 It is not aȝen þe feiþ, or prouable aȝen þe trowþ. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xv. (1634) 79 They seem to say somewhat by reason proveable, yet..there is no stedfast certainty in their reasons. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 272 He makes it fully proveable from Scripture. 1729Butler Serm., Hum. Nat. i. note, [This] is a mere question of fact..not proveable immediately by reason. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 280 This being proveable from Scripture. 1889Spectator 23 Nov., The steady prosecution of every provable case of sanitary neglect.
†2. Such as approves itself to the mind; worthy of acceptance or belief; plausible; = probable 2.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 118 Whenne þou shal fynde dyuers tokenynges & contrary, holde þe all⁓dayes to þe bettyr & more preuable party. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 2359 Ȝit is prouable yt crist lufed the Sinagoge wele more. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 327 It is more prooveable to affirme, that he was buried at Horsted here. 1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 230 The Spaniards did giue their discharge in such prouable maner, that the captaines..were satisfied of the false opinion.
†3. Worthy to be approved; commendable, praiseworthy, meritorious. Obs.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xlii. 8 Thou shalt ben lerned in alle thingus, and prouable [1388 comendable] in the siȝte of all men. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 135 Of whom are tolde prevable and famous þinges [L. feruntur fuisse insignia]. c1420Avow. Arth. xxxvi, As prest knyȝte, and preuabulle, With schild and with spere. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 427 b/1 He proufferyd hym to god in al thynges pryuables and wythoute confusyon in his werkys.
†4. That proves or turns out well; that yields a profit. Cf. prove v. 10. Obs. rural.
a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 474 The most proveable pig is the cheapest, though dearest at first cost. 1884Cheshire Gloss., Provable, said of corn that yields well.
Hence provaˈbility, ˈprovableness, the quality of being provable; demonstrability.
1864Webster, Provableness. 1902Month May 453 The Church..affirms the provability of the Divine existence. 1908Sir E. Russell in Hibbert Jrnl. July 773 There is at present no such evident provableness in them as can make them effective in motive. |