creable

English

Etymology

From Latin creābilis, from creō (“create”). See create.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːəbəl/

Adjective

creable (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of being created.

   Synonym: creatable

   • 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “Essay I. A Fair Enquiry and Debate Concerning Space. Sect[ion] V. Space Cannot be God.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, page 19:

     [Space] cannot be a created Subſtance; becauſe vve cannot conceive it creable or annihilable; and therefore it carries vvith it an Idea of neceſſary Exiſtence; […]

References

• “creable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.