contrivable

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adjective

Capable of being contrived, devised, or invented; devisable, inventable.

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Meanings

adjectivecontrivable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of being contrived, devised, or invented; devisable, inventable.

    Theſe things conſidered together, it vvil hence appear, hovv a perpetual motion may ſeem eaſily contrivable.

    1648, John Wilkins, “Of Composing a Perpetuall Motion by Fluid Weights. Concerning Archimedes His Water-screw. The Great Probability of Accomplishing this Inquiry by the Help of that, with the Fallibleness of It upon Experiment.”, in Mathematicall Magick. Or, The Wonders that may be Performed by Mechanicall Geometry. […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Dædalus, or, Mechanicall Motions), page 284

Origin

From contrive + -able.

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