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from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared: followed by of: as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by
of .
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- adjective Able to be
affirmed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being affirmed or asserted
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Examples
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Just as the filioque seems to me logically affirmable in addition to, not instead of, the monarchy of the Father, so the doctrine of papal authority defined at Vatican I is logically affirmable in addition to, not instead of, synodality.
Archive 2007-01-01 Mike L 2007
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Just as the filioque seems to me logically affirmable in addition to, not instead of, the monarchy of the Father, so the doctrine of papal authority defined at Vatican I is logically affirmable in addition to, not instead of, synodality.
The divide over the divide Mike L 2007
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Amit, you are making your argument too general. of course it matters that this collective has certain affirmable traits, namely a psychological disposition to be the way that they are. otherwise, whole societies could use Judaism however they want to if their society feels a certain way.
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In transport, we promote the use of targeted procurement, which ensures the development of entrepreneurs, SMMEs and the growth of affirmable business enterprises (ABES).
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Almost R449-million of this was awarded to "affirmable business enterprises".
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Though government has succeeded in growing the stake of previously disadvantaged individuals (PDIs) and affirmable business entities (ABEs) there remains a need to build Black contractor capacity in South Africa.
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He said that although there had been a clear increase in participation by "affirmable business enterprises" since the policy came into force in 1996, none of them were acting as prime contractors in projects worth more than R2 million.
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This translated into R589 million with about R224 million targeting affirmable business enterprises, Radebe said.
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The department was committed to its role providing services and empowering "affirmable business enterprises" within the construction industry.
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These truths, though affirmable of all things whatever, of course apply to them only in respect of their quantity.
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839
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