rationableadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈraʃ(ə)nəbl/,

/ˈraʃn̩əbl/, U.S.

/ˈræʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/,

/ˈreɪʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English racionable, late Middle English raconable, 1600s– rationable; also Scottish pre-1700 racionabil, pre-1700 racionabill, pre-1700 racionable, pre-1700 racionabyll, pre-1700 raicionabill, pre-1700 rationabill, pre-1700 rationable, pre-1700 rationabyll, pre-1700 recionabyll, pre-1700 retionabyll.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ratiōnābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin ratiōnābilis rational, reasonable < ratiōn- , ratiō ratio n. + -ābilis -able suffix. Compare Old French rationable endowed with reason (13th cent.). Compare earlier reasonable adj.Regarded as obsolete by N.E.D. (1903). Some modern instances may represent errors for rational adj.

Now rare.

1. Originally Scottish. Of a thing: in accordance with or conformable to reason; reasonable, just, fair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

evenlya1200

methefully?c1225

renable?1305

reasonablea1325

measurablec1330

skillwisea1340

moderatea1398

temperate1398

meetlya1400

measurablyc1450

rationablec1475

competent1535

midway1573

modest1582

sober1619

medious1657

slack1662

meeverly1819

low key1941

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] > in accordance with reason

reasonablea1382

rationablec1475

just1490

rational1531

correct1705

c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 170 (MED) The 3 is aboute questiouns þat ben here necessarie, racionable.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 38 Of that desyre content was euerie wicht, Tha thocht it wes rationabill and richt.

1570–80 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. III. 44 Gyffand vs..ane rationabyll drink-syluer.

c1580 ( in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 4 It is ordanit..the alderman baillies and counsaile by this vitaile of rationable pryce as thai may.

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 19 Whatsoever is akin to truth, this reason judgeth rationable, and agreeable to Reason.

1685 Factious Citizen III. 43 This was a happy encounter, and the most feasible and rationable I ever undertook.

1770 J. Towers Evangelical Poems 131 'Tis in fact a rationable cause, Well fit and suited to fond reason's laws.

1844 Tioga (Wellsboro, Pa.) Eagle 14 Aug. 2/3 These argumentators upon the nice rules of international etiquette are content to crawl on undisturbed in the sunshine of monarchial thraldom, ignorant of the blessings of rationable freedom.

1924 P. Mackaye This Fine-pretty World ii. 94 So, bein' interpreted, hit mought be this-away: Ef a hull herd of swine kin be possessioned of a pack of deevils, one leetle shoat mought be possessioned of a baby.—Hain't that rationable?

1952 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 46 1125 Instinctive drives are, in this sense, rationable; they are admitted, by the mature individual, to influence on his behavior only on condition of contributing to the going program of action.

2. Of a sentient being: having the faculty of reasoning; capable of reasoning; open to reason; rational, sensible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective]

wittyc1300

reasonablec1350

skillwise1357

skilfulc1380

rationala1398

rationablec1480

reasonedc1487

logicala1652

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew l. 716 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 84 For sik techere as he wes þane, and sa racionable a mane.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. I.viii^v Quhow mekil mair power thane giffis god to his racionabil creaturs (quhilk ar men).

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 26 Astrologers or Astronomers,..that thinke Starres rationable Creatures, are worthy to be accounted most unreasonable and senselesse themselves.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ii. 131 Laughter..is a passion of the Rationable part.

1687 M. B. Whiting Let. 2 Aug. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 299 Mr Halford continews still verry ill, still sometimes is like a distracted man and other times speakes verry rationable.

1708 G. Adams Hard Meas. iii. 17 Upon a fair Account by Rationable Men, the unreasonable Damages awarded by Perjury, and a partial Jury, would be found overpayed.

1715 Gentleman's Libr. 165 Consider that Instinct with which Providence has endow'd the Ant, and by which is exhibited an Example of Industry to rationable Creatures.

1758 T. Foubert Litterary Cards viii. sig. G/1 For certain Musick is an admirable Art, for all rationable Persons admire and are delighted to hear a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, that ravishes the Soul by the Organ of the Ears.

1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxvi. 106 I won't tell you all the argufyings I held on this point with her, but all to no purpose; she was, I take it, on this matter not quite rationable, and it was but good natured to humour her.

1852 T. J. Vaiden Rational Relig. & Morals 924 A state-faith can never be a rational religion, suitable for rationable beings.

1907 Daily Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 27 Nov. 1/1 Mrs. Bradley, during their years of acquaintance with her appeared at all times affable and rationable.

1987 Associated Press (Nexis) 16 Oct. This is not a surrender, it's a cease-fire while we proceed in another direction... We believe they refused to be rationable or reasonable.

1996 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 16 May d14/7 (advt.) Seeks rationable female companion able and willing to enjoy life's many activities..and pleasures.

Derivatives

rationably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > [adverb]

of (also in) good (also perfect, safe, sane, sound, whole) memory1402

rationablya1540

rationally1610

rational1662

sanely1803

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb]

with reasonc1300

skilfullyc1325

skillwiselya1340

skilfula1400

reasonablyc1400

of reason1405

in reasona1450

upon reasonc1450

reasonfully1532

justlya1538

rationablya1540

reasonally1567

reasonable1573

as soon (as)1579

rationally1610

to reason1613

rational1662

correctlya1704

rightly1703

upon the weight of1710

legitimately1794

well-foundedly?1841

tarblish1842

sanely1884

a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 17752 The king saw him ansure sa racionably.

1581 Perth Guildry in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (198 ) 93/2 Sikis daywerkis beand askit & nocht gottin, it salbe sene & concederit rationabillie be the discrectioun of the provest baillies consale & auditouris of compt.

1647 J. Lilburne Ionahs Cry 4 I professe I would doe it, if I were rationably able to doe it to morrow.

1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot 10 As they might very rationably believe.

1715 D. Defoe View Scots Rebellion 29 If the Earl of Mar..should spirit up 10 or 12000 Highland Men tumultously to herd together and take Arms, it is as much as can rationably be expected.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) II. v. 105 Though every one of these Things is rationably supposeable, yet Scripture only can satisfy us, that they are true in Fact.

1883 Weekly Nevada State Jrnl. 25 Aug. 1/1 The amusement chosen should be rationably agreeable. If the tourist is a skillful hunter or fisherman there is real enjoyment in the rod or the gun.

1990 T. M. Franck Power of Legitimacy among Nations x. 171 It makes distinctions on the basis of principles of general applicability which are rationably connected to the purpose the right seeks to advance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rationable
释义	rationableadj.¹ Brit. /ˈraʃ(ə)nəbl/, /ˈraʃn̩əbl/, U.S. /ˈræʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/, /ˈreɪʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English racionable, late Middle English raconable, 1600s– rationable; also Scottish pre-1700 racionabil, pre-1700 racionabill, pre-1700 racionable, pre-1700 racionabyll, pre-1700 raicionabill, pre-1700 rationabill, pre-1700 rationable, pre-1700 rationabyll, pre-1700 recionabyll, pre-1700 retionabyll. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ratiōnābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin ratiōnābilis rational, reasonable < ratiōn- , ratiō ratio n. + -ābilis -able suffix. Compare Old French rationable endowed with reason (13th cent.). Compare earlier reasonable adj.Regarded as obsolete by N.E.D. (1903). Some modern instances may represent errors for rational adj. Now rare. 1. Originally Scottish. Of a thing: in accordance with or conformable to reason; reasonable, just, fair. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] evenlya1200 methefully?c1225 renable?1305 reasonablea1325 measurablec1330 skillwisea1340 moderatea1398 temperate1398 meetlya1400 measurablyc1450 rationablec1475 competent1535 midway1573 modest1582 sober1619 medious1657 slack1662 meeverly1819 low key1941 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] > in accordance with reason reasonablea1382 rationablec1475 just1490 rational1531 correct1705 c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 170 (MED) The 3 is aboute questiouns þat ben here necessarie, racionable. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 38 Of that desyre content was euerie wicht, Tha thocht it wes rationabill and richt. 1570–80 in 14th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1896) App. III. 44 Gyffand vs..ane rationabyll drink-syluer. c1580 ( in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 4 It is ordanit..the alderman baillies and counsaile by this vitaile of rationable pryce as thai may. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 19 Whatsoever is akin to truth, this reason judgeth rationable, and agreeable to Reason. 1685 Factious Citizen III. 43 This was a happy encounter, and the most feasible and rationable I ever undertook. 1770 J. Towers Evangelical Poems 131 'Tis in fact a rationable cause, Well fit and suited to fond reason's laws. 1844 Tioga (Wellsboro, Pa.) Eagle 14 Aug. 2/3 These argumentators upon the nice rules of international etiquette are content to crawl on undisturbed in the sunshine of monarchial thraldom, ignorant of the blessings of rationable freedom. 1924 P. Mackaye This Fine-pretty World ii. 94 So, bein' interpreted, hit mought be this-away: Ef a hull herd of swine kin be possessioned of a pack of deevils, one leetle shoat mought be possessioned of a baby.—Hain't that rationable? 1952 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 46 1125 Instinctive drives are, in this sense, rationable; they are admitted, by the mature individual, to influence on his behavior only on condition of contributing to the going program of action. 2. Of a sentient being: having the faculty of reasoning; capable of reasoning; open to reason; rational, sensible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] wittyc1300 reasonablec1350 skillwise1357 skilfulc1380 rationala1398 rationablec1480 reasonedc1487 logicala1652 c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew l. 716 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 84 For sik techere as he wes þane, and sa racionable a mane. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. I.viii^v Quhow mekil mair power thane giffis god to his racionabil creaturs (quhilk ar men). 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 26 Astrologers or Astronomers,..that thinke Starres rationable Creatures, are worthy to be accounted most unreasonable and senselesse themselves. 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. ii. 131 Laughter..is a passion of the Rationable part. 1687 M. B. Whiting Let. 2 Aug. in R. Law Eng. in W. Afr. (2001) II. 299 Mr Halford continews still verry ill, still sometimes is like a distracted man and other times speakes verry rationable. 1708 G. Adams Hard Meas. iii. 17 Upon a fair Account by Rationable Men, the unreasonable Damages awarded by Perjury, and a partial Jury, would be found overpayed. 1715 Gentleman's Libr. 165 Consider that Instinct with which Providence has endow'd the Ant, and by which is exhibited an Example of Industry to rationable Creatures. 1758 T. Foubert Litterary Cards viii. sig. G/1 For certain Musick is an admirable Art, for all rationable Persons admire and are delighted to hear a Vocal and Instrumental Concert, that ravishes the Soul by the Organ of the Ears. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda III. xxvi. 106 I won't tell you all the argufyings I held on this point with her, but all to no purpose; she was, I take it, on this matter not quite rationable, and it was but good natured to humour her. 1852 T. J. Vaiden Rational Relig. & Morals 924 A state-faith can never be a rational religion, suitable for rationable beings. 1907 Daily Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 27 Nov. 1/1 Mrs. Bradley, during their years of acquaintance with her appeared at all times affable and rationable. 1987 Associated Press (Nexis) 16 Oct. This is not a surrender, it's a cease-fire while we proceed in another direction... We believe they refused to be rationable or reasonable. 1996 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 16 May d14/7 (advt.) Seeks rationable female companion able and willing to enjoy life's many activities..and pleasures. Derivatives rationably adv. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adverb] of (also in) good (also perfect, safe, sane, sound, whole) memory1402 rationablya1540 rationally1610 rational1662 sanely1803 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb] with reasonc1300 skilfullyc1325 skillwiselya1340 skilfula1400 reasonablyc1400 of reason1405 in reasona1450 upon reasonc1450 reasonfully1532 justlya1538 rationablya1540 reasonally1567 reasonable1573 as soon (as)1579 rationally1610 to reason1613 rational1662 correctlya1704 rightly1703 upon the weight of1710 legitimately1794 well-foundedly?1841 tarblish1842 sanely1884 a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 17752 The king saw him ansure sa racionably. 1581 Perth Guildry in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (198 ) 93/2 Sikis daywerkis beand askit & nocht gottin, it salbe sene & concederit rationabillie be the discrectioun of the provest baillies consale & auditouris of compt. 1647 J. Lilburne Ionahs Cry 4 I professe I would doe it, if I were rationably able to doe it to morrow. 1679 J. Smith Narr. Popish-plot 10 As they might very rationably believe. 1715 D. Defoe View Scots Rebellion 29 If the Earl of Mar..should spirit up 10 or 12000 Highland Men tumultously to herd together and take Arms, it is as much as can rationably be expected. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) II. v. 105 Though every one of these Things is rationably supposeable, yet Scripture only can satisfy us, that they are true in Fact. 1883 Weekly Nevada State Jrnl. 25 Aug. 1/1 The amusement chosen should be rationably agreeable. If the tourist is a skillful hunter or fisherman there is real enjoyment in the rod or the gun. 1990 T. M. Franck Power of Legitimacy among Nations x. 171 It makes distinctions on the basis of principles of general applicability which are rationably connected to the purpose the right seeks to advance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rationableadj.² Brit. /ˈraʃ(ə)nəbl/, /ˈraʃn̩əbl/, U.S. /ˈræʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/, /ˈreɪʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ration v., -able suffix. Etymology: < ration v. + -able suffix. Able to be rationed; capable of being rationed. ΚΠ 1942 Rev. Econ. Statistics 24 52/1 The whole scheme of control may be undermined if a large part of the rationable supply of meat, butter, or eggs is sold on a ‘black’ market. 1958 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 72 359 Apple blossoms (or the nectar therein) are exhaustible, rationable ‘private’ goods. 2002 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland) (Nexis) 29 Dec. Sport section) 2 Not that you can blame the selectors as form has been a rationable commodity for the batsmen. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹c1475adj.²1942
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