generable

[ jen-er-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being generated or produced.

generable

/ ˈdʒɛnərəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be generated

Other Words From

• gener·a·bili·ty gener·a·ble·ness noun
• un·gener·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of generable¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin generābil ( is ) creative, productive, equivalent to gener ( āre ) to beget, produce ( gender ² ) + -ābilis -able

Word History and Origins

Origin of generable¹

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

Example Sentences

It is also ungenerable; for, if generable, there will be a possibility that at some time or other it did not exist.

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The world moreover was generable, and had been generated from the manifested energy of the Fire.

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The Form or Essence in the first meaning, is neither generable nor destructible; in the second meaning it is both.

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Those things which are destructible, are all of them generable and changeable (γεννητὰ καὶ ἀλλοιωτὰ πάντα).

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The generable cosmos, therefore, was generated from the ingenerable Fire.

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