† agibleadj.n.

Forms: Middle English 1600s 1800s agible, 1500s agyble.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French agible; Latin agibilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French agible possible to be done (14th cent.), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin agibilis practicable (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin agere to do (see act v.) + -bilis -ble suffix. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin agibile (neuter) act (14th cent.), agibilia (plural) practical affairs, business (from 14th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources).

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Proper or possible to be done; practicable, practical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible

openOE

possiblec1384

doablec1443

feasiblec1460

agible?a1475

performable1548

parable1563

practiceable1570

compassable1581

factible1585

effectuable1590

practicable1593

exploitable1611

achievable1634

effectible1646

operable1646

accomplishable1657

perpetrable1680

workable1756

executable1796

expeditable1820

workable1822

powerable1860

runnable1860

manageable1866

actable1876

viable1955

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 431 (MED) This man was of suche sapience that he precellede allemoste alle other men in thynges agible. [No corresponding passage in the Latin original.]

1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace i. xiii. f. 31 Some vnlerned men can not so wel iudge of the lawe or of any other agyble thynge [L. aut altero agibili] whiche is to be instytuted or ordayned, as can so many learned men.

1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 1 Fit for agible things.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Disarming them of all agible judgment and prudent succour.

a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Internat. Law in Wks. (1843) II. 540/2 Of the power of imperation, or the power of issuing mandates, the amplitude will be as..the amplitude and quality of the persons who are their agible subjects.

B. n.

Something that is practicable or that can be done.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility > that which is

feasibility1646

feasible1661

agible1677

doable1843

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 2 The intermediate objects of moral Prudence are in general al agibles or practicables.

1876 J. Mead Alexander the Great vi. 395 But next of agibles to predicate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	agible
释义	† agibleadj.n. Forms: Middle English 1600s 1800s agible, 1500s agyble. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French agible; Latin agibilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French agible possible to be done (14th cent.), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin agibilis practicable (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin agere to do (see act v.) + -bilis -ble suffix. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin agibile (neuter) act (14th cent.), agibilia (plural) practical affairs, business (from 14th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources). Obsolete. A. adj. Proper or possible to be done; practicable, practical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible openOE possiblec1384 doablec1443 feasiblec1460 agible?a1475 performable1548 parable1563 practiceable1570 compassable1581 factible1585 effectuable1590 practicable1593 exploitable1611 achievable1634 effectible1646 operable1646 accomplishable1657 perpetrable1680 workable1756 executable1796 expeditable1820 workable1822 powerable1860 runnable1860 manageable1866 actable1876 viable1955 ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 431 (MED) This man was of suche sapience that he precellede allemoste alle other men in thynges agible. [No corresponding passage in the Latin original.] 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace i. xiii. f. 31 Some vnlerned men can not so wel iudge of the lawe or of any other agyble thynge [L. aut altero agibili] whiche is to be instytuted or ordayned, as can so many learned men. 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 1 Fit for agible things. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 93 Disarming them of all agible judgment and prudent succour. a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Internat. Law in Wks. (1843) II. 540/2 Of the power of imperation, or the power of issuing mandates, the amplitude will be as..the amplitude and quality of the persons who are their agible subjects. B. n. Something that is practicable or that can be done. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > feasibility > that which is feasibility1646 feasible1661 agible1677 doable1843 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 2 The intermediate objects of moral Prudence are in general al agibles or practicables. 1876 J. Mead Alexander the Great vi. 395 But next of agibles to predicate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.?a1475
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