referribleadj.
/rᵻˈfəːrᵻbl/, U.S. /rəˈfərəb(ə)l/, /riˈfərəb(ə)l/ Now rare.
= referable adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > [adjective] > attributable or imputable
longc1300
referrible1576
referable1583
imputable1635
ascriptive1649
attributary1650
attributable1661
due to1669
ascribable1671
assignable1673
accountable1681
creditable1862
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. iii. f. 112 v Althoughe they be referrible to outward causes [L. in externas causas sint referendæ]..yet is it easye ynoughe for the learned and skilfull Physition to..expounde the euentes thereunto incident.
1596 T. Bell Suruey Popery iii. ix. 381 No sin, no, not the least of al is referrible to god.
1659 H. More Immortality of Soul i. vi. Ax. 19 Acknowledging..the Secondary to be referrible also to the Primary or Centrall Substance by way of causal relation.
1702 C. Leslie Serm. preached at Chester 217 The words..are not so referrible to anything else.
1795 E. Burke Let. to W. Smith in Wks. IX. 404 To this the merit or demerit of every measure (with me) is referrible.
1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 139 The staggering is principally referrible to the hindquarters.
1891 M. Dods Gospel St. John (1892) I. xv. 234 A stainless life is..referrible to no freak of nature.
1945 Philos. Rev. 54 497 It is not possible to carry out the proof without using proofs referrible to a particular domain of knowledge.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > attribution of a character or quality > quality of being attributive
attributiveness1861
referribleness1865
1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles vi. 114 The question..of the referribleness of miracles to an unknown law.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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