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单词 extendible
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extendibleadj.

Brit. /ᵻkˈstɛndᵻbl/, /ɛkˈstɛndᵻbl/, U.S. /ɪkˈstɛndəb(ə)l/, /ɛkˈstɛndəb(ə)l/
Forms: In 1600s extendable.
Etymology: < extend v. + -ible suffix.
1. Capable of being extended or stretched out; capable of being enlarged in length, area, or duration, or in range or scope of meaning or operation; = extensible adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > extended or stretched out > able to be
extendible1477
extensible1611
extensive1612
extensile1744
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > capable of expansion
extendible1643
the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > capable of being extended in scope of operation
extendible1654
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable
stretchable1398
extensible1611
extensive1612
tensible1626
tensile1626
reaching1651
distendible1673
extendible1693
distractile1709
distensile1739
extensile1744
elastic1781
distensible1828
distensive1836
stretchy1854
stretching1897
two-way stretch1932
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 69 [Sweet smell] is in Aier more penetrative, And is more extendible.
1643 Answer Ld. Digby's Apol. 58 The meaning of some words of great latitude, and very extendible in the said Protestation.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xviii. 263 Warrants for Vagrants are not extendable to Knight Errants.
1693 J. Beaumont Considerations Theory of Earth ii. 121 The most ductile and extendible of all Bodies.
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments ii. 20 Such Tubes as have often suffer'd this Force grow rigid, and hardly more extendible therefore.
1816 Q. Rev. 16 49 The elastic and extendible nature of those links in the moral chain.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
2. Law. Subject to seizure under a writ of extent; liable to be levied upon for debt, etc.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > liable to be levied upon for debt
extendible1629
1629 Vse of Law 58 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Not extendable for the Debts of the partie after his death.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 165 The Lands Intailed were not extendable.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 139 An equity of redemption is..not extendible by a judgement creditor.
1832 in N. Webster Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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