different between partible vs partable

English

Borrowed from Late Latin partibilis, from Latin parti? (“to share, divide”).

partible (not comparable)

Divisible, able to be divided or partitioned. [from 14th c.]
- 1683, Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts
  If souls be not unible, nor partible substances, there is no place for this doubt: if they be, they will be still what they are, notwithstanding any such union with a common soul.
Pertaining to property that can be divided between heirs on inheritance, or to an inheritance system based on such division. [from 16th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 562:
  Following the introduction of partible inheritance in 1793, peasants reacted by using systematic birth control for the first time so as to restrict the number of heirs among whom their property would have to be divided – causing a sharp and enduring drop in France's birth-rate.

partible (plural partibles)

part +? -able

partable (comparative more partable, superlative most partable)

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