Synonyms

partible

American

[pahr-tuh-buhl] / ˈpɑr tə bəl /

adjective

capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

partible British

/ ˈpɑːtəbəl /

adjective

(esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable

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Other Word Forms

nonpartible adjective
partibility noun
unpartible adjective

Etymology

Origin of partible

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

Example Sentences

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There was co-operation in working the fields but no communistic division of the crops, and the individual's hold upon his strips developed rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.

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