partible

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpɑːtɪbl̩/
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/ˈpɑːtɪbl̩/ · /ˈpɑɹtɪbl̩/

Definition of partible

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned.
    “If souls be not unible, nor partible substances, there is no place for this doubt: if they be, they will be still what they are, notwithstanding any such union with a common soul.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned.
    “If souls be not unible, nor partible substances, there is no place for this doubt: if they be, they will be still what they are, notwithstanding any such union with a common soul.”
  2. (not-comparable)Of property: that can be divided between heirs on inheritance.
  3. (not-comparable)Relating to an inheritance system based on such division.
    “Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin partibilis, from Latin partiō (“to share, divide”).

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