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形容詞

powerable (comparative more powerable, superlative most powerable)

1. Capable of being powered.

   This toy is powerable by batteries.

2. (obsolete) Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.
   • 1860, John Young, The Province of Reason

     The infinite God, He who is strictly, properly infinite, knows all the knowable and can effect all the powerable.

3. (obsolete) Capable of exerting power; powerful.
   • 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, OCLC 1064186951:

     you may see how powerable Time is in altering tongues