单词 | creatable |
释义 | creatableadj. 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 a1646 W. Twisse Riches of Gods Love (1653) i. 73 God considered the reprobates in his counsell of reprobation, either as creatable, or as created in the state of innocency, or as falne into Originall sinne. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 862 The..Life of the Soul..is..only Creatable and Annihilable by the Deity. 1704 E. Pelling Disc. conc. Existence of God II. iii. 66 The Souls of Men are substantial Beings, distinct from Matter, and therefore not Formable out of Matter, or Creatable by Atoms. 1795 W. Playfair Hist. Jacobinism viii. 263 Of the assignats it is at present sufficient to say, that being creatable at will..no discredit whatever can deprive the assembly of that resource. 1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 643 Capital is not creatable by statute. 1882 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 17 Feb. 4/3 It is probable that electricity, which is creatable at will and therefore can never be exhausted, has come just in time as an illuminating power. 1922 J. E. Meeker Work of Stock Exchange xv. 431 A large potential value seems creatable for a small price. 1995 A. T. Wolf Hydropolitics along Jordan River iii. 89 Water is creatable, or at least purifiable, with the input of enough energy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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