inventibleinventableadj.

Etymology: < invent v. + -ible suffix, -able suffix. The form in -ible is on Latin analogy < invent-, participial stem of invenīre.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈventible.

rare.

Capable of being invented.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [adjective] > capable of being invented

inventible1641

contrivablea1672

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] > of possible occurrence

contingentc1400

conceivablec1443

possible1582

conceptible1641

inventible1641

entertainable1658

earthly1679

possible1780

contingency1931

1641 Ld. Digby Speeches High Court Parl. 13 There can be no cause colourably inventable, wherunto to attribute them.

1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 7 Which our party did assay by all inventible means to bring him to.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions lxvii. (T.) When first I gave my thoughts to make guns shoot often, I thought there had been but one only exquisite way inventible.

1892 Chicago Advance 14 Jan. If only there were invented, or inventible, some sort of ‘Keeley-cure’.

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inˈventibleness n. (Craig 1847).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	inventible
释义	inventibleinventableadj. Etymology: < invent v. + -ible suffix, -able suffix. The form in -ible is on Latin analogy < invent-, participial stem of invenīre.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈventible. rare. Capable of being invented. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [adjective] > capable of being invented inventible1641 contrivablea1672 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adjective] > of possible occurrence contingentc1400 conceivablec1443 possible1582 conceptible1641 inventible1641 entertainable1658 earthly1679 possible1780 contingency1931 1641 Ld. Digby Speeches High Court Parl. 13 There can be no cause colourably inventable, wherunto to attribute them. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 7 Which our party did assay by all inventible means to bring him to. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions lxvii. (T.) When first I gave my thoughts to make guns shoot often, I thought there had been but one only exquisite way inventible. 1892 Chicago Advance 14 Jan. If only there were invented, or inventible, some sort of ‘Keeley-cure’. Derivatives Categories » inˈventibleness n. (Craig 1847). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1641
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