单词 | salvable |
释义 | salvableadj.1 1. Theology. Capable of being saved, admitting of salvation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adjective] > rescued or delivered > able to be savable?a1425 rescuable1611 salvable1667 salvageable1976 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > capable of savable?a1425 salvable1667 redeemablea1774 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety viii. 167 Our wild Phancies about Gods Decrees, have in event reprobated more than those Decrees,..and have bid fair to the damning of many, whom those left salvable. 1734 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 50 He is not in a salvable state. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 310 If God be Love, Or man a being salvable? 1888 G. MacDonald Elect Lady 253 It was enough to be a Christian like other good and salvable Christians. 2. Of a ship, cargo, etc.: That can be salved or salvaged. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [adjective] > relating to salvage > salvaged > able to be salvable1797 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 130 The adventurers could not find anything that was salvable. 1892 Standard 30 Mar. 5/1 The vessel was in a salvable condition. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 7/1 A number of the ships were possibly salvable. Derivatives ˈsalvableness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > ability to be salvability1654 salvableness1727 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > capability savableness1634 salvability1654 salvableness1727 redeemableness1892 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Salvableness, capableness of being saved. ˈsalvably adv. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [adverb] > that can be salvably1847 1847–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Salvably, in a salvable manner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † salvableadj.2 Obsolete. 1. Of a diffculty, doubt, etc.: That can be met, explained or cleared up (see salve v.2 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > capable of being resolved resolvable1528 salvable1661 resolvible1816 soluble1826 resoluble1871 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 88 We sometimes read him to have Answer'd, without being ask'd the Question (though that be otherwise salvable by a Critick). 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 112 Admitting this [doubt] to be salvable. 2. Of ‘phenomena’: see salve v.2 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > of phenomena: explicable salvable1678 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 691 The Phænomena of Nature being no way Salvable, nor the Causes of things Assigneable, without a Deity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.11667adj.21661 |
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