existibleadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɪstᵻbl/,

/ɛɡˈzɪstᵻbl/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɪstəbəl/,

/ɛɡˈzɪstəbəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exist v., -ible suffix.

Etymology: < exist v. + -ible suffix.A form existable ( < exist v. + -able suffix) is also occasionally attested from the first half of the 18th cent. onwards.

Chiefly Philosophy.

A. adj.

That could exist; capable of existing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [adjective] > capable of existing or viable

existible1655

viable1848

1655 E. Porter Θεὸς Ἀνθρωποϕόρος i. viii. 24 The best philosophers..proved the soul to be separably existible.

1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. iv. §29 All Corporeal and Sensible Perfections, are in some Analogous way, Existible, in the Humane Mind.

1775 A. M. Toplady Scheme Christian Necessity vi. 165 These modal Differences of Arrangement..may easily be conceived of, as existible, independently on Us.

1840 Mirror 12 Dec. 375/2 The Angels, whose bloom and juvenescence were to be existible for ever.

1886 Sci. Amer. 23 Jan. 8387/3 Those who are fond of tracing analogies..may..treat the molecule as a compound of matter and form, of atoms arranged in existible order.

1927 Jewish Q. Rev. 17 348 Form (tridimensionality)..is existible though not perceptible per se.

1958 Jrnl. Philos. 55 869 Our conceptual acts of thinking of something existible or exemplifiable.

1979 Federal Power Marketing Revolving Fund Act: Hearing before U.S. Senate Comm. Energy & Nat. Resources (96th Congr., 1st Sess.) 452 Our attempt is..to assure that existible laws will apply in an equitable manner and will clarify existing law where necessary.

B. n.

With the. That which could exist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [noun] > a potentiality

potential1587

potentiality1587

virtuality1700

existible1862

1862 Princeton Rev. Apr. 219 It is no escape from this to distinguish the cogitable from the existible, and argue that ‘the impossible to thought’ may still be ‘the possible in reality’.

1946 A. Wolter Transcendentals in Metaphysics Duns Scotus iv. 69 Metaphysics is not a science of ‘being’ in the adverbial sense of existing, but in the nominative sense of ‘a being’ or the immediate subject of existence, that is, the existible.

1996 tr. E. Alliez Capital Times iv. 210 An ‘idealism’ that calls the reality of the outside world into question by assimilating ens reale to ens rationis, existence and the ‘existible’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	existible
释义	existibleadj.n. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɪstᵻbl/, /ɛɡˈzɪstᵻbl/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɪstəbəl/, /ɛɡˈzɪstəbəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exist v., -ible suffix. Etymology: < exist v. + -ible suffix.A form existable ( < exist v. + -able suffix) is also occasionally attested from the first half of the 18th cent. onwards. Chiefly Philosophy. A. adj. That could exist; capable of existing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [adjective] > capable of existing or viable existible1655 viable1848 1655 E. Porter Θεὸς Ἀνθρωποϕόρος i. viii. 24 The best philosophers..proved the soul to be separably existible. 1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. iv. §29 All Corporeal and Sensible Perfections, are in some Analogous way, Existible, in the Humane Mind. 1775 A. M. Toplady Scheme Christian Necessity vi. 165 These modal Differences of Arrangement..may easily be conceived of, as existible, independently on Us. 1840 Mirror 12 Dec. 375/2 The Angels, whose bloom and juvenescence were to be existible for ever. 1886 Sci. Amer. 23 Jan. 8387/3 Those who are fond of tracing analogies..may..treat the molecule as a compound of matter and form, of atoms arranged in existible order. 1927 Jewish Q. Rev. 17 348 Form (tridimensionality)..is existible though not perceptible per se. 1958 Jrnl. Philos. 55 869 Our conceptual acts of thinking of something existible or exemplifiable. 1979 Federal Power Marketing Revolving Fund Act: Hearing before U.S. Senate Comm. Energy & Nat. Resources (96th Congr., 1st Sess.) 452 Our attempt is..to assure that existible laws will apply in an equitable manner and will clarify existing law where necessary. B. n. With the. That which could exist. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > potentiality > [noun] > a potentiality potential1587 potentiality1587 virtuality1700 existible1862 1862 Princeton Rev. Apr. 219 It is no escape from this to distinguish the cogitable from the existible, and argue that ‘the impossible to thought’ may still be ‘the possible in reality’. 1946 A. Wolter Transcendentals in Metaphysics Duns Scotus iv. 69 Metaphysics is not a science of ‘being’ in the adverbial sense of existing, but in the nominative sense of ‘a being’ or the immediate subject of existence, that is, the existible. 1996 tr. E. Alliez Capital Times iv. 210 An ‘idealism’ that calls the reality of the outside world into question by assimilating ens reale to ens rationis, existence and the ‘existible’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1655
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