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单词 possessable
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possessableadj.

Brit. /pəˈsɛsəbl/, U.S. /pəˈsɛsəb(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: possess v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < possess v. + -able suffix. Compare later possessible adj.
Able to be possessed (in various senses).
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1845 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 500/2 That the swine is a possessed or possessable beast we have testimony not to be cited here... The nightmare-visitations are oftener known to follow the eating of pork than, perhaps, any other supper.
1897 A. Page Afternoon Ride 9 The young beauty seemed to dissolve into more possessable mortality.
1951 College Eng. 12 256/2 If he has not yet assimilated the whole of the western experience, clarified it, and given it final, possessable form, he has at least reclaimed a significant part of it.
2001 E. H. Monkkonen Murder in N. Y. City iii. 73 Men could also lay claim to the manliness of others: behind this lay a peculiar concept of ownership, a conception of one's manliness as being possessable by another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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