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Webster 1913 Edition


Derivable

De-riv′a-ble

,
Adj.
[From
Derive
.]
That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical;
as, income is
derivable
from various sources
.
All honor
derivable
upon me.
South.
The exquisite pleasure
derivable
from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life.
H. G. Bell.
The argument
derivable
from the doxologies.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Derivable

DERIVABLE

,
Adj.
1.
That may be derived; that may be drawn, or received, as from a source. Income is derivable from land, money or stocks.
2.
That may be received from ancestors; as an estate derivable from an ancestor.
3.
That may be drawn, as from premises; deducible; as an argument derivable from facts or preceding propositions.
4.
That may be drawn from a radical word; as a word derivable from an Oriental root.

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derivable

derivable

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derivable (not comparable)

  1. able to be derived, deducible

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