Synonyms for referable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-fur |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɜr |
Définition of referable
Origin :- late 14c., "to trace back (to a first cause), attribute, assign," from Old French referer (14c.) and directly from Latin referre "to relate, refer," literally "to carry back," from re- "back" (see re-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Meaning "to commit to some authority for a decision" is from mid-15c.; sense of "to direct (someone) to a book, etc." is from c.1600. Related: Referred; referring.
- As in traceable : adj capable of being traced
- We have seen that this subject matter is referable to four general heads.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- The heat produced in both cases is referable to a common cause.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- They exist under two forms, and are referable to a double origin.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
- And this is the case with phenomena, as regards that in them which is referable to mere sensation.
- Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
- In the majority of characters they are, however, referable to the latter.
- Extract from : « Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii » by Henry W. Setzer
- Two monkeys from Sirhassen appear to be referable to this species.
- Extract from : « Mammals Collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott on the Natuna Islands » by Gerrit Miller
- This crisis presents a class of duties which is referable to yourselves.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- All these effects should be referable to the same group of causes.
- Extract from : « A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) » by David Starr Jordan
- The specimens of the second generation are referable to var.
- Extract from : « The Butterflies of the British Isles » by Richard South
- It has been averred that some of the British specimens are referable to this form.
- Extract from : « The Butterflies of the British Isles » by Richard South
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