generable

[ jen-er-uh-buhl ]

adjective

capable of being generated or produced.

Origin of generable

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin generābil(is) creative, productive, equivalent to gener(āre) to beget, produce (see gender²) + -ābilis-able

Other words from generable

gen·er·a·bil·i·ty, gen·er·a·ble·ness, noun
un·gen·er·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby generable

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How to use generable in a sentence

It is also ungenerable; for, if generable, there will be a possibility that at some time or other it did not exist.
Aristotle | George Grote
The world moreover was generable, and had been generated from the manifested energy of the Fire.
Simon Magus | George Robert Stow Mead
The Form or Essence in the first meaning, is neither generable nor destructible; in the second meaning it is both.
Aristotle | George Grote
Those things which are destructible, are all of them generable and changeable (γεννητὰ καὶ ἀλλοιωτὰ πάντα).
Aristotle | George Grote
The generable cosmos, therefore, was generated from the ingenerable Fire.
Simon Magus | George Robert Stow Mead

British Dictionary definitions for generable

generable

/ (ˈdʒɛnərəbəl) /

adjective

able to be generated

Origin of generable

C15: from Late Latin generābilis, from Latin generāre to beget

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