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procurable
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English
Etymology
Adjective
procurable (not comparable)
- Able to be procured.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
Synonyms
- See obtainable
Antonyms
- unprocurable; see also unobtainable
Translations
obtainable — see obtainable
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “procurable”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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