单词 | hereditable |
释义 | hereditableadj. 1. a. gen. That is or may be inherited; subject to inheritance. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > heritable hereditablea1475 heritablec1480 profectitious1656 profective1795 a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 32 Thes peeple..kunne betture purchasyn new þyngis owtewarde þen kepyne here owne hereditable þyngis [L. haereditaria] at hoom. 1483 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 125*/1 Anent the ourgeving and hereditable assignacion of the half of the manis of Elintoune. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccxxxiiv A Prouerbe amonge the Frenshemen..(Principibus obsequi hereditarium non esse) the whiche is to meane, the seruyce of Prynces in [sic] nat heredytable. 1564 Protocol Bk. W. Cumming (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 27, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Hereditabil The forsaidis balȝeis gef hereditabyll state and possession to the said Mage..of the for-part at the kingis get. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. i. ix. §103 Adam..being neither monarch, nor his imaginary monarchy hereditable. 1725 L. Echard Hist. Revol. i. 64 Chimney-Money, and other hereditable Revenues. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. ii. 125 These people..are admitted..to have a hereditable and transferable interest in it. 1872 Contemp. Rev. 20 399. In him were concentrated all the hereditable elements of the Greek genius. 1916 Patriotic Marylander Sept. 36 Coats-of-arms became hereditable property, descending unchanged to the eldest son. 1969 A. L. Epstein Matupit vi. 190 These rights, however, are not hereditable, and on the son's death the land reverts to its proper owners. 2009 P. R. Cavill Eng. Parl. Henry VII iv. 109 Laymen were summoned on the basis of a hereditable title. b. Of a disease, physical characteristic, etc.: hereditary; = heritable adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] hereditary?a1425 heredital1490 hereditariousa1527 heritable1570 hereditable1652 inherited1797 inborn1816 inheritable1828 germinal1830 germinative1833 genic1894 Mendelizing1909 1652 Edwards' Treat. conc. Plague 52 in A. M. Rich Closet The Pox..is a disease hereditable. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. v. 197 Dropsies, Gowts..and most diseases are as hæreditable from our Parents, as their estates. 1827 Philadelphia Monthly Jrnl. Med. & Surg. July 63 I hold that all physical peculiarities, impressed upon an individual, are equally hereditable. 1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 199 The idea of species is itself founded..upon the ultimate fact that individual characteristics are hereditable. 1913 M. J. Rosenau Preventive Med. & Hygiene ii. ii. 434 The view has gained ground and general acceptance that the nucleus is the chief or exclusive bearer of the hereditable characters. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 217/1 The mucopolysaccharidoses are a group of rare, hereditable, connective tissue disorders. 2008 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 May 13 Melbourne hair-loss expert Rod Sinclair from St Vincent's Hospital said baldness was one of the most hereditable traits. 2. Of a person: capable of inheriting; having a right of inheritance; = heritable adj. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > [adjective] > resting on hereditary right > entitled by birth or descent > by descent inhereditable1503 heritablec1575 hereditary1600 undisinheritablea1631 hereditable1643 1643 W. Prynne Treachery & Disloyalty of Papists 35 Declaring some of his issues legitimate and hereditable to the Crowne, others not. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 87 The making any man hereditable. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) 380 The Earl of Braid-Albain..is Hereditable Sheriff. 1784 Parl. Reg. Ireland (ed. 2) I. 172 The opinion of the judges..made Henry VII. hereditable to the crown of England. 1847 Western Law Jrnl. Dec. 112 In England, the eldest son is ‘the heir’, or ‘hereditable issue’. 1989 T. M. Andersson & W. I. Miller Law & Lit. in Medieval Iceland xi. 159 Both the betrothal and the wedding were necessary if the marriage was to produce hereditable issue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1475 |
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