transvertible

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From transvert +‎ -ible.

Adjective[edit]

transvertible (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being transverted.
    • 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. []. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, [] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, [], London: [] Hen[ry] Brome [], →OCLC, page 130:
      In the little nebbe or fructifying principle, the motion is regular, and not tranſvertible, as to make that ever the leaf, vvhich nature intendeth the root; obſervable from their converſion, until they attain their right poſition, if ſeeds be ſet inverſedly.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for transvertible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)