assignable
capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
capable of being attributed: This work is assignable to a 12th-century poet.
Law. capable of being assigned.
Origin of assignable
1Other words from assignable
- as·sign·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- as·sign·a·bly, adverb
- non·as·sign·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·as·sign·a·ble, adjective
- non·as·sign·a·bly, adverb
- un·as·sign·a·ble, adjective
- un·as·sign·a·bly, adverb
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How to use assignable in a sentence
This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyBut, as no assignable sense has been found for valance, I can only suppose that it is an error for falance or fallance.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerMoreover, most cases of squint arise without directly assignable causes.
Schweigger on Squint | C. SchweiggerThat the number of sub-divisions is definite and assignable, there being a limit beyond which it cannot be carried.
Some children, however, are liable to attacks of nose-bleed coming on without any assignable causes.
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H Napheys
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