| 单词 |
reformable |
| 释义 |
reformable, a.|rɪˈfɔːməb(ə)l| [f. reform v.1 + -able: cf. F. réformable (16th c. in Godef. Compl.).] Capable of being reformed; admitting or susceptible of reformation.
1483in Eng. Gilds (1870) 337 Provided allway..that hit be reformabyll and corrigabill by the Mayre. 1533Cranmer Let. to Hen. VIII in Misc. Writ. (Parker Soc.) II. 271, I find them as conformable and reformable as any number with whom I have communed. 1563Abp. Parker in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 271 Other disorders reformable by ecclesiasticall lawes. 1647Hammond Power of Keys iv. 76 To make the Christian offender by that meanes ashamed and reformable. 1711G. Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847) I. 163 The reformable mal-administration of church censures. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 486 The boy was criminal, but in my judgment reformable. Hence † reˈformableness. rare—1.
a1591R. Greenham Wks. (1599) 32 Little children, whether in teachablenes to good, or reformablenes from sinne. |

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