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purveyable

purveyable adjective: able to be purveyed.

Adjective

purveyable (comparative more purveyable, superlative most purveyable)

  1. Able to be purveyed.
    • They would no longer be monopolists of specialist knowledge, purveyable to private parties in pursuit of private interests. Rather, they would become instruments, one type among many, for the realisation of collective goals.2015, Richard Scase, Industrial Society, page 52

Forms of purveyable

comparativemore purveyable
superlativemost purveyable

Origin of purveyable

From purvey + -able.

Questions about purveyable

What does purveyable mean?
Purveyable means able to be purveyed.
What part of speech is purveyable?
Purveyable is an adjective.

Words near purveyable in the dictionary

  1. purvalanol
  2. Purvanchal
  3. Purves
  4. Purveses
  5. purvey
  6. purveyable
  7. purveyal
  8. purveyals
  9. purveyance
  10. purveyancer
  11. purveyancers

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