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assignable

[ uh-sahy-nuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

capable of being specified:
The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
capable of being attributed:
This work is assignable to a 12th-century poet.
Law. capable of being assigned.

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; assign, -able

This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.

But, as no assignable sense has been found for valance, I can only suppose that it is an error for falance or fallance.

Moreover, most cases of squint arise without directly assignable causes.

That the number of sub-divisions is definite and assignable, there being a limit beyond which it cannot be carried.

Some children, however, are liable to attacks of nose-bleed coming on without any assignable causes.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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