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seeable, a. and n.|ˈsiːəb(ə)l|
[f. see v. + -able.]
A. adj. Capable of being seen, visible. Also fig.
a1400in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 165 Forwy, a saule þat is ȝit ruyde & fleshle, knaws not ȝitt bot bodele ynges [= þynges], & no yng comes ȝitt to þe mynde bot seabull ynges. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. v. 162 Marie Magdalen..vsid the oynement as a seable and a smelleable rememoratijf signe. 1548Geste Agst. Pr. Masse B v b, These therfore be named sacramentes, for that in them one thyng is seable, and another vnderstande. 1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 49 That which cannot be seene, if it be seeable, is no where at all, nor in being. 1829Jas. Mill Hum. Mind (1869) I. 13 In that case, we should have no idea of objects as seeable, as hearable, as touchable, or tasteable. 1874Tyndall Presid. Addr. Brit. Assoc. 81 This, as a purely mechanical process, is seeable by the mind. 1896Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 43 We cannot even think of it as seen or seeable.
†B. n. (absolute use of the adj.) A thing capable of being seen. Obs. rare—1.
1812Southey Lett. (1856) II. 271 We shall make a march of it, seeing all the seeables on the way.
Hence ˈseeableness, visibility; † ˈseeably adv., visibly. Obs. rare—1.
1548Geste Agst. Pr. Masse H iv b, Manye dyd worshyp..Christ as beyng seably conuersant emonge them. 1865J. Grote Explor. Philos. i. 123 These qualities which we perceive, seeableness or colour, handleableness or shape, taste, smell, &c. |