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contemplable
[ kuhn-tem-pluh-buhl ]
adjective
- fit to be or capable of being contemplated.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲcDz·ٱp· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of contemplable1
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin DzԳٱ, equivalent to Latin DzԳٱ ( re ), DzԳٱ ( ī ) ( contemplate ) + -bilis -ble
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The bodie of this vessell was all run ouer with a Vine, the 90 Aa2 stringes and vaines whereof, and small curling twists, were of Topas, farre better then is founde in the Ilande Ophiadis, the leaues of fine smaragd, and the braunches of Amethist, to the sight most beautifull, and to the vnderstanding woonderfull contemplable.
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But time is no more predicable of eternal reason than of will; but not of will; for if a will be at all, it must be 'ens spirituale'; and this is the first negative definition of spiritual—whatever having true being is not contemplable in the forms of time and space.
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