† iterableadj.
/ˈɪtərəb(ə)l/ Obsolete. rare.
Capable of being iterated or repeated.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [adjective] > able to be repeated
iterable1561
reiterable1592
repeatable1935
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. i. 510 (margin) That repentance is no more iterable than baptisme.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 51 When licence is graunted to anie to doe an iterable acte, otherwise against lawe, it ought to be restrained to the first acte onely.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 178 They had made their Acts iterable by sober hands.
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