De*riv"a*ble (?), a. [From Derive.] That can be
derived; obtainable by transmission; capable
of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources. All honor derivable upon me. South.
The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and
beautiful relations of domestic life.
H. G. Bell. The argument derivable
from the
doxologies. J. H.
Newman.
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