vertible
English
Etymology
From the Old French vertible, from Latin vertibilis from the stem of vertō (“I turn”).
Adjective
vertible (comparative more vertible, superlative most vertible)
- (obsolete) Able to turn or to be turned; changeable. [15th–17th CC.]
- 1667, Henry More, Divine Dialogues, II.20:
- But were it not better that God Almighty should annihilate the Individuals of this middle vertible Order, as you call it, as soon as they lapse into Sin?
Middle French
Etymology
From the Old French vertible, q.v.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vertibilis. First known attestation 1282 in Le livre du gouvernement des roys et des princes by Henri de Gauchi.
Adjective
vertible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vertible)
- changeable; able to be changed
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