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powerable

powerable adjective: capable of being powered.

Adjective

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.
    • The infinite God, He who is strictly, properly infinite, knows all the knowable and can effect all the powerable.1860, John Young, The Province of Reason
  3. (obsolete) Capable of exerting power; powerful.
    • you may see how powerable Time is in altering tongues1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC

Forms of powerable

comparativemore powerable
superlativemost powerable

Origin of powerable

From power + -able.

Questions about powerable

What does powerable mean?
Powerable means capable of being powered.
What part of speech is powerable?
Powerable is an adjective.

Words near powerable in the dictionary

  1. power-walked
  2. power-walking
  3. power-walks
  4. power-wheel
  5. power-wheels
  6. powerable
  7. poweration
  8. powerball
  9. powerballs
  10. powerband
  11. powerbands

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