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vertible
vertible
English
Adjective
vertible (comparative more vertible, superlative most vertible)
- (obsolete) Able to turn or to be turned; changeable. [15th–17th CC.]
- 1667, Henry More, Divine Dialogues, II.20:
- But were it not better that God Almighty should annihilate the Individuals of this middle vertible Order, as you call it, as soon as they lapse into Sin?
- 1667, Henry More, Divine Dialogues, II.20:
Middle French
Etymology
From the Old French vertible, q.v.
Adjective
vertible m, f (plural vertibles)
- turnable, able to be turned
- changeable, able to be changed
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin vertibilis. First known attestation 1282 in Le livre du gouvernement des roys et des princes by Henri de Gauchi.
Adjective
vertible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vertible)
- changeable; able to be changed