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单词 proposable
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proposableadj.

Brit. /prəˈpəʊzəbl/, U.S. /prəˈpoʊzəb(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s proposeable, 1600s– proposable.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: propose v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < propose v. + -able suffix. Compare French proposable (1734).
That may be proposed; fit to be proposed.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adjective]
proposable1656
1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI 536 The Pope no doubt meddled with Spain, in the Matters of Religion proposeable on that part.
1672 E. Worsley Reason & Relig. 383 Nothing Proposable can Eclipse that clear and manifest light.
1738 J. Hildrop Second Let. to Member of Parl. 7 I think it proposable, that all Persons of Rank and Condition..shall be liable to purchase the Exemption from this Precept.
1817 J. Bentham Plan Parl. Reform Introd. 31/2 All seats being thus laid open to all Candidates, self-proposed and proposable.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. App. vii. 216 The ends which are proposable to the man, or attainable by him.
1908 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 13 700 Dr. Bentley demands that my ‘why?’ shall be the last proposable psychological or sociological ‘why?’
1992 Taxon 41 156 A name which..was not proposable for conservation with a conserved type under the present rules.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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