perpetuable

English

Etymology

perpetuate +‎ -able

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈpɛtjʊəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈpɛt͡ʃʊəbəl/

Adjective

perpetuable (comparative more perpetuable, superlative most perpetuable)

  1. Capable of being perpetuated or continued.
    • 1860, Asa Gray, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection:
      Varieties are perpetuable, like species.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perpetuable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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