† animableadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin animābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin animābilis vivifying (former reading, following the manuscripts, in Cicero De Natura Deorum 2. 91, where modern editions read animālis animal adj.) < animāre animate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.

Obsolete.

That may possess life; capable of being animated, or converted to living material.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Animable, that which may have life or soul.

1679 M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 6 By generative matter, I mean, an organizable or animable matter extracted by the Honey-Bees from Trees, Plants, Flowers, &c.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons ii. 10 There is no animable matter gathered by the Bees.

1826 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 22 July 333/2 That horse hairs were animable seemed to us an idea uncouth, unphilosophical, and unnatural.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	animable
释义	† animableadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin animābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin animābilis vivifying (former reading, following the manuscripts, in Cicero De Natura Deorum 2. 91, where modern editions read animālis animal adj.) < animāre animate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Obsolete. That may possess life; capable of being animated, or converted to living material. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Animable, that which may have life or soul. 1679 M. Rusden Further Discov. Bees 6 By generative matter, I mean, an organizable or animable matter extracted by the Honey-Bees from Trees, Plants, Flowers, &c. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons ii. 10 There is no animable matter gathered by the Bees. 1826 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 22 July 333/2 That horse hairs were animable seemed to us an idea uncouth, unphilosophical, and unnatural. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1656
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