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Definition of Getatable
1. Adjective. Capable of being reached or attained. "Both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations"
Definition of Getatable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Getatable
Literary usage of Getatable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1905)
"I found them ready to hear—not always from any high motive, but very "getatable"—and
some are truly anxious to learn. Many young girls who are beyond school ..."
2. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1900)
"In the colloquial getatable the preposition is kept for the sake of distinctness.
1720. There is another suffix -ble of French origin, from Latin -plex ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The next ni.yht our men went out and brought one in who was near and getatable
and buried him. They did it with just the same reverence and sadness as they ..."
4. Outing (1893)
"... when the snow, by covering their higher pasturing grounds, would drive the
sheep lower down the mountain, and thus make them more getatable ..."
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