produceableadj.
/prəˈdjuːsᵻbl/, /prəˈdʒuːsᵻbl/, U.S. /prəˈd(j)usəb(ə)l/, /proʊˈd(j)usəb(ə)l/ 1. Able to be brought forward or presented to notice or view; that can be produced, esp. in a court of law; adducible; obtainable, available.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > capable of being adduced
allegeable1542
apportable1604
citable1616
produceablea1641
vouchablea1641
submittable1648
producible1667
adduceable1671
submissiblea1733
adducible1766
attestable1771
witnessable1870
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 214 There were copies produceable, which were elder, and written before the Incarnation.
1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. for Learning & Learned Men 115 'Twould be endlesse to summon in the cloud of witnesses, which to this purpose are produceable.
1787 A. Inglefield Justification containing Procs. Eccl. Court 118 That he was not kept in any Sort of Custody—that he was not detained, in Order to be produceable just whenever the Purposes of Captain Inglefield might call for his Production.
1834 Oxf. Univ. Mag. 1 289 The greatest amount of produceable knowledge.
1887 Times 12 Nov. 10/6 We think that if the others had been bonâ-fide lettings there would have been some evidence of such lettings produceable by the defendant.
1968 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 18 Jan. What is finally damaging is the subjective portrait of Senator Dodd concerning which no factual refutations are readily produceable.
2001 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Feb. 21 The items sought in requests numbered 6, 7 and 8..are items easily produceable by the plaintiff.
2. Capable of being brought into being; able or likely to be made or created; = producible adj. 1a.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > that may be created, produced, or constructed
genderablea1398
makeablec1443
generable?a1505
frameable1559
parturient1599
omnipregnant1611
producible1640
creatablea1646
propagable1651
propagatory1652
creablea1656
produceable1677
productible1830
composable1929
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. v. 34 Such as are in themselves produceable by Nature, but not in such an order.
1725 J. Houstoun Some Observ. Geogr. 3 This Island, I'm perswaded, is capable of producing, with due Cultivation, every thing produceable under the Torrid Zone.
1791 J. Bentham Panopticon 329 Whatever degree of heat is necessary..might perhaps be produceable in the most economical manner by the new invented stoves.
1828 Examiner 44/2 Tears..produceable by the pathetics of Mrs. West.
1895 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. iv. 25/4 What a change there has been brought about, since wire became of a better quality and produceable at a low price.
1913 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 3 Oct. 6/1 (advt.) Our palms are the finest stock produceable.
1961 J. B. Wiesner in D. G. Brennan Arms Control, Disarmament & National Security iii. xi. 206 Reducing the immediate destruction produceable by a war to the lowest level compatible with the other aims.
2003 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 11 Feb. (Arts & Life section) 2 There have been some discussions about making some items here into a product. However,..the whole purpose of this exhibit is not to create something that is produceable.
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1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 29 Aug. (1941) 94 I am glad..that his friends are so produc [e] able.
1840 Times 8 Jan. 6/5 Even these allurements..will not always secure a produceable person.
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma 34 Mrs..bucked Billy up into a very produceable-looking article.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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