Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being invented or contrived.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being invented.

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  • adjective Capable of being invented.

Etymologies

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invent +‎ -ible

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Examples

  • Several improvements of this kind are suggested in the 'Century,' which evidently involve different principles from that of the modern revolver, in reference to which difference we are informed in a 'note by the author,' that 'when I first gave my thoughts to make guns shoot often, I thought there had been but one only exquisite way inventible; yet, by several trials, and much charge, I have perfectly tried all of these.'

    The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • The inventible contact happened on the back part of the long Yas Marina circuit, with both cars going off course and iSport's hopes seemed to be dashed in that instant.

    Motorsport.com: news 2010

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