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tensible

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Etymology

From tense + -ible?

Adjective

tensible (comparative more tensible, superlative most tensible)

  1. Capable of being extended or drawn out; ductile; tensile.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      Gold [] is likewise the most flexible and tensible.

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