a. [ Cf. F. absorbable. ] Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being ascribed; attributable. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Cf. Per. babūl a species of mimosa yielding gum arabic. ] The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being bribed. [ 1913 Webster ]
A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being circumscribed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being climbed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [ Humorous. ]
a. That can be described; capable of description. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture. ] Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted;
adv. In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable. ] Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events;
He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton.
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a. Incapable of being described. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an indescribable manner; to a degree impossible to desribe;
a. Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being inscribable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. probabilis, fr. probare to try, approve, prove: cf. F. probable. See Prove, and cf. Provable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
That is accounted probable which has better arguments producible for it than can be brought against it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
I do not say that the principles of religion are merely probable; I have before asserted them to be morally certain. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
Probable cause (Law),
Probable error
The probable,
adv. In a probable manner; in likelihood. [ 1913 Webster ]
Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Scribe. ] Capable of being written, or of being written upon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being subscribed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood;
a. Not capable of being curbed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
See clerical.
See clerklike.
See close.
See cloudy.
See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
See declinable.
See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
adv. [ Pref. un- not + probably. ] Improbably. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Un- + L. probabilis approvable, fr. probare to approve. Cf. Probable. ] In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To diminish, by the authority of wise and knowing men, things unjustly and unprobably crept in. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]