Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being raised or produced; that may be lifted up.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being raised.

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  • adjective Capable of being raised.

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  • adjective capable of being raised

Etymologies

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raise +‎ -able

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Examples

  • This drama could well be over in a few days if the issues raisable at trial, win or lose, are insufficient to reverse the outcome.

    Coleman: I'm Going To Court 2009

  • Looking at the raisable trap-door that kept 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit at bay.

    Shattered Francis, Dick 2000

  • Let no one think, then, that our problem of individual and national economy is solely that of the maximum of pounds raisable against gravity, the maximum of locomotion, or of agitation of any sort, that human beings can accomplish.

    Memories and Studies William James 1876

  • The young farmer, instead of seventy-five slaves, works it with twelve hands in the busy season and three in winter, is up at five o'clock in the morning superintending them himself, raises all raisable crops, and is as intent on the markets and the experiments made by his neighbors as if he lived in Illinois or the Carse of Gowrie.

    Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 Edwin Lawrence Godkin 1866

  • Shen'Dralar faction is only raisable through turning in 3 Librams in Dire Maul to the appropriate NPCs --

    WoW.com 2009

  • Term created for daughters 'portions, commencing after the death of the father and mother, upon trust to raise the portionsyrom and after the com' mencement of the term; father dies leaving a daughter; decreed the por - tion is vested, but not raisable during the life of the mother.

    Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735] 1790

  • Today, we’re heading to the nearest coastal citylet to have a picnic on the grassy areas overlooking the bay, where we’ll watch ships and boats full of springtime keeners travel under a large raisable bridge.

    Ten Things Tuesday – Picnic Day « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008

  • I want the president’s residence locked down and all duty agents that are raisable to report in.

    The Lions of Lucerne Brad Thor 2002

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