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referable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Referable \Ref"er*a*ble\ (r?f"?r*?*b'l), a. Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also {referrible}.] It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause --W. Nicholson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: referable adj : (usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited to "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"; "decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable"- Charles Dickens [syn: {ascribable(p)}, {due to(p)}, {imputable(p)}, {referable(p)}]
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