affectableadj.
/əˈfɛktəbl/, U.S. /əˈfɛktəb(ə)l/ = affectible adj.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected
subjectablea1382
subject1549
occurrent1566
obnoxious1572
prostitute1591
liable1593
incident1603
patible1603
susceptible1605
obvious1609
recipient1610
affectable1611
susceptive1637
receptivea1676
ticklish1681
subjectiblea1732
vacant1751
timid1764
susceptible1883
impressionable1889
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words 12/3 Affectable, that may be affected.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. iv. 239 The imperfection of our sense of smelling is such, that it is affectable only with the more vehement sort of..[odours].
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. vii. §14. 80 The Debitor took a Bond in name of his Creditor, which was presumed to be..not affectable by Arrestment, for the Procurers Debt, before it was delivered.
1705 W. Forbes Treat. Church-lands & Tithes 388 Teinds are..affectable for Ministers Stipends.
1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 39 The proper effects of the office-bearer will not be affectable by such a diligence.
1856 Times 10 June 11/4 Those provisions should [not be] subject or affectable to the legal demands of their creditors in any manner or way.
1920 E. Walker in F. S. Marvin Recent Devel. European Thought xi. 275 Neither honour nor artistic personality is affectable by external considerations.
1991 E. Rayner Independent Mind in Brit. Psychoanal. ii. 41 Things that are real may be affectable by desire, but they must be recognized as not inevitably controlled by it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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