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Webster 1913 Edition


Referable

Ref′er-a-ble

(r?f′?r-?-b’l)
,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Referable

REF'ERABLE

, a.
1.
That may be referred; capable of being considered in relation to something else.
2.
That may be assigned; that may be considered as belonging to or related to.
It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies, are referable to one general cause.

Definition 2024


referable

referable

English

Adjective

referable (comparative more referable, superlative most referable)

  1. Capable of being referred to