Meanings
- not comparableDivisible, able to be divided or partitioned.First known use 14th c.
If souls be not unible, nor partible substances, there is no place for this doubt: if they be, they will be still what they are, notwithstanding any such union with a common soul.
1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts - not comparableRelating to an inheritance system based on such division.First known use 16th c.
Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 562
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpartiō“to share, divide”
- Late Latinpartibilis
- Englishpartible
Borrowed from Late Latin partibilis, from Latin partiō (“to share, divide”).
More words from Late Latin, Latin
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