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causable, a. rare.|ˈkɔːzəb(ə)l|
[f. cause v. + -able.]
That may be caused.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi, That..which is naturally causable. Ibid. vii. vi, The Deluge..being not possibly causable from naturall showres above, or watery eruptions below. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. (1801) I. 43 The fibrous contractions became causable by volition.
Hence causaˈbility.
1881Nature No. 616. 372 The causability of tubercle. |