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powerable en · ADJ

Etymology

From power + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being powered.
   • This toy is powerable by batteries.
2. (obsolete) Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
   • The infinite God, He who is strictly, properly infinite, knows all the knowable and can effect all the powerable. 1860, John Young, The Province of Reason:
3. (obsolete) Capable of exerting power; powerful.
   • you may see how powerable Time is in altering tongues 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

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