powerable

adj — 3 senses

powerable

adj

Etymology From power + -able.

1

Capable of being powered.

  • This toy is powerable by batteries.
2

Obsolete Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible.

  • The infinite God, He who is strictly, properly infinite, knows all the knowable and can effect all the powerable.1860, John Young, The Province of Reason:
3

Obsolete Capable of exerting power; powerful.

  • you may see how powerable Time is in altering tongues1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

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