"futurable" meaning in English

See futurable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From future + -able. Compare Spanish futurible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|future|able}} future + -able, {{cog|es|futurible}} Spanish futurible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} futurable (not comparable)
  1. Capable of existing or occurring in the future: possible. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: possible
    Sense id: en-futurable-en-adj-Ozjei41u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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          "text": "But what the issue of this conference concluded would have been, is only known to Him, who knew what the men of Keilah would do (1 Sam. xxiii. 12), and whose prescience extends not only to things future, but futurable […]",
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