"bonifiable" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more bonifiable [comparative], most bonifiable [superlative]
Etymology: bonify + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bonify|able}} bonify + -able Head templates: {{en-adv}} bonifiable (comparative more bonifiable, superlative most bonifiable)
  1. Capable of being bonified; improvable.
    Sense id: en-bonifiable-en-adv-LGRQ7lFT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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          "text": "Since glory is as bonifiable as it is intelligible, the saints in glory are glorified as much through bonifying as through understanding."
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          "text": "The acts of goodness, I call bonificative, bonifiable, and bonifying, while those of greatness are magnificative, magnifiable, and magnifying, and so on for the other aforesaid dignities."
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          "ref": "2008, Kevin Jones, Jorno, lulu.com, page 148",
          "text": "I hope I'll be dreaming of someone realistically bonifiable soon."
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          "ref": "1997, Miquel Bertran, Teodor Rus, Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Transformation-Based Reactive Systems Development - 4th International AMAST Workshop on Real-Time Systems and Concurrent and Distributed Software, ARTS'97 Palma, Mallorca Spain, May 1997 Proceedings, Springer - Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, page 9",
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