vertible
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old French vertible, from Latin vertibilis from the stem of vertō (“I turn”).
Adjective
editvertible (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
editEtymology
editFrom the Old French vertible, q.v.
Adjective
editvertible m or f (plural vertibles)
- turnable, able to be turned
- changeable, able to be changed
Old French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin vertibilis. First known attestation 1282 in Le livre du gouvernement des roys et des princes by Henri de Gauchi.
Adjective
editvertible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vertible)
- changeable; able to be changed
Descendants
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