† creableadj.1
Obsolete.
To be believed, credible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [adjective]
leaffulc1275
levelya1300
trowablea1340
believablea1382
leveable1382
credible?c1400
creable1480
faithworthy?1526
creditworthy1554
credent?a1579
creditable1594
persuadable1617
persuasible1638
swallowable1818
1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xv. x How this fable is creable.
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† creableadj.2
Obsolete.
That can be created.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > that may be created, produced, or constructed
genderablea1398
makeablec1443
generable?a1505
frameable1559
parturient1599
omnipregnant1611
producible1640
creatablea1646
propagable1651
propagatory1652
creablea1656
produceable1677
productible1830
composable1929
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 371 Man, as he was creable, fallable, saveable.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 432 The creative power extendes it self to every thing creable.
17.. Watts cited by Worcester
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