generableadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɛnərəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s generabill (Scottish), 1500s– generable.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French generable; Latin generābilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French generable that may be produced (late 14th cent.; French générable ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin generābilis that may be produced, that may produce < generāre generate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan generable (14th cent.), Spanish generable (a1432), Italian generabile (14th cent.). Compare earlier genderable adj. at gender v.¹ Derivatives, and also earlier ingenerable adj.¹

1. That may be generated or produced. Frequently (esp. in early use) in generable and corruptible (cf. note at generation n. 6a).

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

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 171 in Poems (1981) 116 Iuppiter..God of the starnis in the firmament And nureis to all thing generabill.

1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. xxx. f. 135^v The bodye of man..is more perfyte than all maner bodyes outher symple or composyte and myxte, at the lestewyse whiche are generable.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iv. 6 They [sc. poets] were the first obseruers of all naturall causes & effects in the things generable and corruptible.

1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 3 If every particular man, or bodie generable, have precedent causes of their beings; their whole generations must of necessity have some cause.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 18 The Forms of particular Worlds are generable and corruptible.

1707 T. Milles Nat. Immortality of Soul vi. 147 The Holy Father in this Chapter very fully and roundly affirms..that the Soul is Immortal, but then proposes to shew how this was to be reconciled with it's being generable or created.

1754 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation i. 25 A potent and contagious Poison then is generable from the Accumulation of excrementitious animal Vapours.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 262 For the generable and corruptible portion of the world is comprehended indeed by the lunar sphere.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xl. 624 An obscure plain..Where solitude, if generable, once given To life, might have presumed an endless reign.

1884 Mind 9 253 The sun and all planets and stars in the universe..though divine and perhaps not destined to perish, are yet generable and corruptible.

1962 S. R. Levin Ling. Struct. Poetry ii. 11 Many poetic sequences are generable by the kind of grammar constructed for ordinary language, but some are not.

1992 Independent (Nexis) 5 Jan. 19 Hours of Oxford Street Christmas illumination generable by incineration of rejected feminist typescripts by Random Century Group in 1989: 1,143.32.

†2. That may generate or produce. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > that may create or produce

fraught with1576

parturient1599

generable1633

1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes ii. vi. sig. Dii Thou Queene of Heauen..the source of generable moysture.

Derivatives

† generableness n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Generableness, capableness of being generated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	generable
释义	generableadj. Brit. /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛnərəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s generabill (Scottish), 1500s– generable. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French generable; Latin generābilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French generable that may be produced (late 14th cent.; French générable ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin generābilis that may be produced, that may produce < generāre generate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan generable (14th cent.), Spanish generable (a1432), Italian generabile (14th cent.). Compare earlier genderable adj. at gender v.¹ Derivatives, and also earlier ingenerable adj.¹ 1. That may be generated or produced. Frequently (esp. in early use) in generable and corruptible (cf. note at generation n. 6a). 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 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 171 in Poems (1981) 116 Iuppiter..God of the starnis in the firmament And nureis to all thing generabill. 1535 W. Marshall tr. Marsilius of Padua Def. of Peace ii. xxx. f. 135^v The bodye of man..is more perfyte than all maner bodyes outher symple or composyte and myxte, at the lestewyse whiche are generable. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iv. 6 They [sc. poets] were the first obseruers of all naturall causes & effects in the things generable and corruptible. 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence i. 3 If every particular man, or bodie generable, have precedent causes of their beings; their whole generations must of necessity have some cause. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 18 The Forms of particular Worlds are generable and corruptible. 1707 T. Milles Nat. Immortality of Soul vi. 147 The Holy Father in this Chapter very fully and roundly affirms..that the Soul is Immortal, but then proposes to shew how this was to be reconciled with it's being generable or created. 1754 J. Kirkpatrick Anal. Inoculation i. 25 A potent and contagious Poison then is generable from the Accumulation of excrementitious animal Vapours. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 262 For the generable and corruptible portion of the world is comprehended indeed by the lunar sphere. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xl. 624 An obscure plain..Where solitude, if generable, once given To life, might have presumed an endless reign. 1884 Mind 9 253 The sun and all planets and stars in the universe..though divine and perhaps not destined to perish, are yet generable and corruptible. 1962 S. R. Levin Ling. Struct. Poetry ii. 11 Many poetic sequences are generable by the kind of grammar constructed for ordinary language, but some are not. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 5 Jan. 19 Hours of Oxford Street Christmas illumination generable by incineration of rejected feminist typescripts by Random Century Group in 1989: 1,143.32. †2. That may generate or produce. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating, fashioning, shaping, or forming > that may create or produce fraught with1576 parturient1599 generable1633 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes ii. vi. sig. Dii Thou Queene of Heauen..the source of generable moysture. Derivatives † generableness n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Generableness, capableness of being generated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1505
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