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retractabilis

retractabilis [cf. CL retractare, retrahere+-bilis], tractable, manageable (according to a model, in quot. perh. w. re- as a dittograph). 1286 pretextu cujus suspicabatur [sic] versus eos quod sciebant contrafacere claves de ligno vel cornu vel alia re retractabili Gaol Del. 36/1 m. 32.

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