traceableadj.
/ˈtreɪsəb(ə)l/ Capable of being traced (in various senses of the verb).
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective]
i-seyenlyeOE
iseneOE
senec1175
seyelyc1225
visiblea1340
seena1398
sighty1398
seeablea1425
spectablec1440
sightfulc1480
sightly1532
appearingc1550
discernable1561
eyely1561
discoverable1572
spectible1581
observable1589
visive1598
aspectable1612
observant1615
perspicable1621
perspiculative1623
remarkable1623
eyeable1633
visory1633
appearable1651
dignoscible1671
discernible1678
traceable1748
noticeable1753
visual1757
distinguishable1762
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > found or discovered > able to be tracked down
traceable1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xii. 85 Lest we should be traceable by her direction.
1793 J. Rennell in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 184 The gulf stream..is discharged with such velocity, through the Straits of Bahama, that its motion is traceable through the Atlantic, to the Bank of Newfoundland.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxii. 423 If attraction be..a primordial property of matter, not dependent upon, or traceable to, any other material cause.
1854 W. Osburn Monum. Hist. Egypt II. ii. 55 Fragments on which the remains of hieroglyphics were yet traceable.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. viii. 372 In her family a very characteristic type of handwriting is traceable through five generations.
Derivatives
traceaˈbility n. = traceableness n.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > ability to be found or tracked down
discoverability1788
traceableness1847
traceability1891
findability1895
1891 Cent. Dict. Traceability.
1896 Law Times 100 436/2 The doctrine of following trust money depends upon its traceability.
ˈtraceableness n. the quality of being traceable.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > ability to be found or tracked down
discoverability1788
traceableness1847
traceability1891
findability1895
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Traceableness.
ˈtraceably adv. in a manner or degree that can be traced.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb]
visiblyc1380
in semblancea1400
perceivablyc1526
seeably1548
observably1640
perceptibly1644
discernibly1645
perceivedly1659
viewably1680
distinguishably1704
perceptible1755
traceably1855
1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 97 Slightly monotonous, and traceably imitative too, this young melodist yet runs his fingers over the strings with a..power that instantly make[s] him a marked man.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ii. 16 There is, recognizably and traceably, a time when..many of our words came into use.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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