partible

[ pahr-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.

partible

/ ˈpɑːtəbəl /

adjective

1. (esp of property or an inheritance) divisible; separable

Other Words From

• parti·bili·ty noun
• non·parti·ble adjective
• un·parti·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin partibilis divisible, equivalent to Latin part ( īrī ) to divide, part + -ibilis -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of partible¹

C16: from Late Latin partibilis, from part-, pars part

Example Sentences

For the lords purposes that system was at its best when it was rigid and no tenement was partible.

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On the contrary, the individuals hold upon his strips developed very rapidly into an inheritable and partible ownership.

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Thus one of the most immediate consequences of the partible quality of estates has been to create a class of free laborers.

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His third position, that the crown estates were partible, was but a forlorn hope.

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