† competibleadj.

Forms: Also 1600s -able.

Etymology: apparently < Latin competĕre to be suitable or fit, to correspond (see competent n.), or < its French representing compét-er in same sense + -ible suffix. (Godefroy has one example of < French competable = ‘competent’ of 1492.)

Obsolete.

a. Appropriate, suitable, properly applicable, befitting; competent.

ΚΠ

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 213 The similitude is in their spotted skins, which are not competible in Goats but in Roes.

1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 35 How could they..receive any competible share in a client's enforced bounty.

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 8 Truth is, to a competible eye, nothing more intimately moving than beauty.

b. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

hemea1350

convenientc1374

seemlya1375

shapelyc1374

ablea1382

cordant1382

meetc1385

accordable1386

accordinga1387

appurtenantc1386

pertinentc1390

accordanta1393

likea1393

setea1400

throa1400

agreeablec1425

habilec1425

suitly1426

competentc1430

suiting1431

fitc1440

proportionablec1443

justc1450

congruent?a1475

cordinga1475

congruec1475

afferant1480

belonging1483

cordable1485

hovable1508

attainanta1513

accommodate1525

agreeing1533

respondent1533

opportunate?1541

appropriate1544

commode1549

familiar1553

apt1563

pliant1565

liable1570

sortly1570

competible1586

sortable1586

fitty1589

accommodable1592

congruable1603

affining1606

feated1606

suity1607

reputable1611

suited1613

idoneousa1615

matchable1614

suitablea1616

congruous1631

fitten1642

responsal1647

appropriated1651

adapt1658

mack-like1672

squared1698

homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 152 The coate-armor of the Auncestor is competible to all his children.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 20 in Scepsis Scientifica These..are properties not at all competible to body or matter.

1687 G. Towerson Baptism 15 Circumcision was not competible to those of the Female Sex.

c. Const. with. Here there is sometimes confusion with compatible adj. and n.

ΚΠ

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 494 It is a divine..Principality..nor is this competible with any creature.

1650 Heylyn in Vernon Life Heylyn (1682) 249 The Commission..is thought to be neither competable nor consistent with it [viz., a Convocation].

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §6. 350 The miracles which were onely competible with Christ.

1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. ii. 316 Let us now examine, whether the Doctrine of Indifference be competible with any of these Religions.

2. Legally competent.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court

receivablea1500

admissable1587

competenta1626

competiblec1638

admissible1639

c1638–58 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 232 I could not hold these persons my competible accusers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	competible
释义	† competibleadj. Forms: Also 1600s -able. Etymology: apparently < Latin competĕre to be suitable or fit, to correspond (see competent n.), or < its French representing compét-er in same sense + -ible suffix. (Godefroy has one example of < French competable = ‘competent’ of 1492.) Obsolete. 1. a. Appropriate, suitable, properly applicable, befitting; competent. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 213 The similitude is in their spotted skins, which are not competible in Goats but in Roes. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse ii. 35 How could they..receive any competible share in a client's enforced bounty. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 8 Truth is, to a competible eye, nothing more intimately moving than beauty. b. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 152 The coate-armor of the Auncestor is competible to all his children. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 20 in Scepsis Scientifica These..are properties not at all competible to body or matter. 1687 G. Towerson Baptism 15 Circumcision was not competible to those of the Female Sex. c. Const. with. Here there is sometimes confusion with compatible adj. and n. ΚΠ a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 494 It is a divine..Principality..nor is this competible with any creature. 1650 Heylyn in Vernon Life Heylyn (1682) 249 The Commission..is thought to be neither competable nor consistent with it [viz., a Convocation]. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §6. 350 The miracles which were onely competible with Christ. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. ii. 316 Let us now examine, whether the Doctrine of Indifference be competible with any of these Religions. 2. Legally competent. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court receivablea1500 admissable1587 competenta1626 competiblec1638 admissible1639 c1638–58 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 232 I could not hold these persons my competible accusers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1586
随便看	put plead the béal bocht put pressure on put provision to put quench a person's light put quench a person's lights put salt on the tail put side on put side on a ball put silence to put some period to put someone in hazard put someone off his stroke put someone off stroke put someone on a charge punch in punch list punch one's full weight punch one's weight punch out punch plate punch press punch rod punch show punch the clock punch the gas