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单词 steadable
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steadableadj.

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s stedable, 1500s stedabyl, steddabill, 1600s stedibill, steedable, steidable, stedible.
Etymology: < stead v. + -able suffix.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Serviceable, helpful.
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bricheeOE
behovelyc950
bihevec975
nutOE
behovingc1175
behovesomec1330
noteful1372
helpfulc1384
serviceablea1393
nait?a1425
meet?a1439
steadable1467
opportunea1475
utile?1483
of service1559
good1577
deservient1578
steadful1585
useful1596
servient1606
handy1616
utible1623
utilious1652
lucky1703
functional1808
utility1895
eufunctional1963
1467 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 27 The saide Thomas sall be stedable to the saide Willam in all thingis that he has ado.
1524 Queen Margaret in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 116 This wilbe..steddabill to His Grace.
1624 Aberdeen Reg. (1848) II. 394 The bigging of ane brig ower the water of Bogye..wilbe most stedibill to the haill cuntrie.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 113 The taking it away would prove a service very steedable to Bramac.
1637 A. Johnston Diary (1911) I. 287 On that feareth the Lord and may be steidable to me.
1648 King Charles I Let. 28 Oct. in T. Carte Coll. Orig. Lett. (1735) III. 589 I am sure, all things considered, it is fittest for my service, and I am confident will prove as steadible to him.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xi. 54 He shoo'd the Geese, kept a self-tickling to make himself laugh, and was very stedable in the Kitchin.
1656 J. Fergusson On Coloss. 130 The meanest haue somewhat whereby they may prove steadable to the best.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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