regulableadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛɡjᵿləbl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛɡjələb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin regulabilis (a1308 in a British source) < regulare regulate v. + classical Latin -bilis -ble suffix.

Able to be regulated.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be regulated

regulable1646

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [adjective] > adjusting for accuracy or smooth operation > able to be

regulatable1825

regulable1882

1646 S. Rutherford Divine Right Church-govt. xx. §16. 459 Christ..speaketh of the right ordering of the externall acts of divine worship, which are regulable, though not quatenus, as regulable by the Church.

1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 274 The Soul accomplish'd with many regulable Faculties is the Subject of Vertue.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. iii. 35 Will..as consider'd in it self,..hath therefore the Nature of a thing Regulable and Measurable.

1706 T. Forrester Rev. & Consideration Two Late Pamphlets 416 Her [sc. the church's] Custom shall over-rule whatever, in point of Scipture-truth, she shall judge upon this Ground regulable.

1861 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. (new ed.) iii. 108 Artists have thus succeeded in obtaining a perfectly smooth, uniform, and regulable motion.

1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 42 Furnished with coils of hot-water pipes whose temperature is regulable at will.

1941 Jrnl. Politics 3 21 What functional groupings can be immunized from State control, and made regulable by Federal authority instead?

1992 New Republic 20 Apr. 40/2 He says in his own voice that conduct will be regulable only on the basis of ‘economic or other utilitarian considerations’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	regulable
释义	regulableadj. Brit. /ˈrɛɡjᵿləbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛɡjələb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin regulabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin regulabilis (a1308 in a British source) < regulare regulate v. + classical Latin -bilis -ble suffix. Able to be regulated. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be regulated regulable1646 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [adjective] > adjusting for accuracy or smooth operation > able to be regulatable1825 regulable1882 1646 S. Rutherford Divine Right Church-govt. xx. §16. 459 Christ..speaketh of the right ordering of the externall acts of divine worship, which are regulable, though not quatenus, as regulable by the Church. 1660 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania iv. 274 The Soul accomplish'd with many regulable Faculties is the Subject of Vertue. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. iii. 35 Will..as consider'd in it self,..hath therefore the Nature of a thing Regulable and Measurable. 1706 T. Forrester Rev. & Consideration Two Late Pamphlets 416 Her [sc. the church's] Custom shall over-rule whatever, in point of Scipture-truth, she shall judge upon this Ground regulable. 1861 J. F. W. Herschel Outl. Astron. (new ed.) iii. 108 Artists have thus succeeded in obtaining a perfectly smooth, uniform, and regulable motion. 1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 42 Furnished with coils of hot-water pipes whose temperature is regulable at will. 1941 Jrnl. Politics 3 21 What functional groupings can be immunized from State control, and made regulable by Federal authority instead? 1992 New Republic 20 Apr. 40/2 He says in his own voice that conduct will be regulable only on the basis of ‘economic or other utilitarian considerations’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646
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