Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being inquired into; subject to inquisition or inquest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
inquired into; subject or liable toinquisition orinquest .
Etymologies
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inquire + -able
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Examples
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He (I say) in the third booke of his worke,65 and treatise of the Crowne taking in hand to shewe the articles inquirable before the Iustice in Eire,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In the Fines and Amercements of fuch as were convicT: of offences inquirable in the turn j as Nufances,
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It’s not wise to make a big issue out of an inquirable personal trait.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and the Cult of Personality 2010
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It’s not wise to make a big issue out of an inquirable personal trait.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kagan and the Cult of Personality 2010
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