partible

[ pahr-tuh-buhl ]

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adjective

capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

Origin of partible

1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin partibilis divisible, equivalent to Latin part(īrī) to divide, part + -ibilis-ible

Other words from partible

par·ti·bil·i·ty, noun
non·par·ti·ble, adjective
un·par·ti·ble, adjective

Words Nearby partible

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How to use partible in a sentence

For the lords purposes that system was at its best when it was rigid and no tenement was partible.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
On the contrary, the individuals hold upon his strips developed very rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
Thus one of the most immediate consequences of the partible quality of estates has been to create a class of free laborers.
American Institutions and Their Influence | Alexis de Tocqueville et al.
His third position, that the crown estates were partible, was but a forlorn hope.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison

British Dictionary definitions for partible

partible

/ (ˈpɑːtəbəl) /

adjective

(esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable

Origin of partible

C16: from Late Latin partibilis, from part-, pars part

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