aspectable

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English

Etymology

Latin aspectabilis.

Adjective

aspectable (comparative more aspectable, superlative most aspectable)

  1. Capable of being; visible.
    • (Can we date this quote by Ray and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      To this Use and Purpose of informing us what is Abroad round about us in this aspectable World, we shall find this Structure and Mechanism of the Eye, and every Part thereof; so well fitted and adapted, as not the least Curiosity can be added.
    • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      [] the hungry beggar-boy []
      Contains, himself, both flowers and firmaments
      And surging seas and aspectable stars,
      And all that we would push him out of sight
      In order to see nearer.

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