† departabledepartibleadj.
Obsolete.
1. That may be parted or separated; separable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > capable of separation > able to be separated
departable1377
separable1393
severable1548
exemptitious1667
dissociable1833
sunderable1849
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 26 Þe Trinite, Thre persones in parcelles departable fro other, And alle þre but o god.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 282 Riȝt of vce is dyuers and departable fro the riȝt of lordschip.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 104 Yf eny of them were departable from other, as yf it were vneuen to the tother, or faylynge in eny thynge that an other had.
2. That may be, or is to be, divided or distributed; divisible.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided > able to be divided
partablec1400
departable1483
partible1540
severable1548
divisible1552
dividable1587
dividuala1620
depertible1626
dividuous1766
sliceable1976
1292 Britton iii. viii. §4 Qe le heretage soit departable entre touz les enfauntz.]
1483 Cath. Angl. 96 Departiabylle, diuisibilis.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. lviiv The whyche tenementes be departable among the bretherne.
1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c 26 §35 Landes..to be departed and departable amonges issues and heires males.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. 26 They had always been departible.
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