passible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of passible
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word passibilis. See passion, -ible
Example Sentences
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Ms. Sherman held out hope that it was passible to make “genuine progress through diplomacy.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Probably it is not passible to love two people in the same way, but there are different kinds of low.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
For even Christ Himself, by reason of His passible life, "was made a little lower than the angels," according to Heb.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The monophysite could not say "yes," or he would then be driven to assert a passible God.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
George does not have to work any harder to be thorough than some of you do to be scarcely passible.
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
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