superableadj.

Brit.

/ˈsuːp(ə)rəbl/,

/ˈsjuːp(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈsup(ə)rəbəl/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin superābilis surmountable < superāre superate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French, French †superable (1496, 1540, and 1655 in three apparently isolated attestations), Italian superabile (a1642).

Now rare.

Capable of being overcome; surmountable. Opposed to insuperable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > able to be overcome

overcomablec1454

vincible?1555

conquerable1599

surmountable1611

surpassable1611

superable1629

facile1667

transcendible1953

1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre 113 Yet if he be superable by mony, [he] will for that alone set all the rest to sale.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 32 I must take leave to complain..of the scarce superable Difficulty of the Task.

1724 T. Townsend tr. A. de Solis Hist. Conquest Mexico iv. xvi. 224 By his single Resolution and Example he render'd superable those Difficulties which had put all the rest to a Stand.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 126. ⁋9 Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort.

1815 J. Jebb Let. 18 Jan. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 208 Nothing fairly superable should prevent my forthwith obeying, the welcome summons to B——.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 139 The physician must be on his guard not to be put off from urging..places of cure, by protestations of hindrances which in health would have been superable enough.

1922 School Rev. Sept. 528 The difficulties in the way are by no means few or easily superable.

2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) vi. 145 Lily stops to consult her map... All she wants to do is confirm the distance as superable.

Derivatives

ˌsuperaˈbility n. rare capability of being overcome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > overcoming difficulties > ability to be overcome

conquerableness1640

superableness1673

superability1889

1889 Christian Union (N.Y.) 10 Jan. 40/3 The superability of all obstacles.

1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 335/1 Their superability remains a more open question.

† superableness n. Obsolete rare the quality of being superable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > overcoming difficulties > ability to be overcome

conquerableness1640

superableness1673

superability1889

1673 E. Polhill Divine Will 531 Our Saviours words shew not forth the weakness or superableness of Grace as to the Elect, but [etc.].

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Superableness.

ˈsuperably adv. rare so as to be superable, in a manner that may be overcome.

ΚΠ

1801 J. A. Fahrenkrüger Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. (new ed.) II. 546/1 Ueberwindlich,..adv., conquerably, superably, vincibly, surmountably.

1905 Proc. Optical Convent. 86 It is easy to make oneself artificially myopic in one meridian and superably hyperopic in another.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	superable
释义	superableadj. Brit. /ˈsuːp(ə)rəbl/, /ˈsjuːp(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈsup(ə)rəbəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin superābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin superābilis surmountable < superāre superate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French, French †superable (1496, 1540, and 1655 in three apparently isolated attestations), Italian superabile (a1642). Now rare. Capable of being overcome; surmountable. Opposed to insuperable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible > able to be overcome overcomablec1454 vincible?1555 conquerable1599 surmountable1611 surpassable1611 superable1629 facile1667 transcendible1953 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre 113 Yet if he be superable by mony, [he] will for that alone set all the rest to sale. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 32 I must take leave to complain..of the scarce superable Difficulty of the Task. 1724 T. Townsend tr. A. de Solis Hist. Conquest Mexico iv. xvi. 224 By his single Resolution and Example he render'd superable those Difficulties which had put all the rest to a Stand. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 126. ⁋9 Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. 1815 J. Jebb Let. 18 Jan. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) II. 208 Nothing fairly superable should prevent my forthwith obeying, the welcome summons to B——. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 139 The physician must be on his guard not to be put off from urging..places of cure, by protestations of hindrances which in health would have been superable enough. 1922 School Rev. Sept. 528 The difficulties in the way are by no means few or easily superable. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) vi. 145 Lily stops to consult her map... All she wants to do is confirm the distance as superable. Derivatives ˌsuperaˈbility n. rare capability of being overcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > overcoming difficulties > ability to be overcome conquerableness1640 superableness1673 superability1889 1889 Christian Union (N.Y.) 10 Jan. 40/3 The superability of all obstacles. 1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 335/1 Their superability remains a more open question. † superableness n. Obsolete rare the quality of being superable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > overcoming difficulties > ability to be overcome conquerableness1640 superableness1673 superability1889 1673 E. Polhill Divine Will 531 Our Saviours words shew not forth the weakness or superableness of Grace as to the Elect, but [etc.]. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Superableness. ˈsuperably adv. rare so as to be superable, in a manner that may be overcome. ΚΠ 1801 J. A. Fahrenkrüger Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. (new ed.) II. 546/1 Ueberwindlich,..adv., conquerably, superably, vincibly, surmountably. 1905 Proc. Optical Convent. 86 It is easy to make oneself artificially myopic in one meridian and superably hyperopic in another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1629
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