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a. [ L. amicabilis, fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. See Amiable. ] Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amicable consent of the parties, for the purpose of obtaining a decision of the court on some matter of law involved in it. Bouvier. Burrill. --
Amicable numbers (Math.), two numbers, each of which is equal to the sum of all the aliquot parts of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Friendly; peaceable; kind; harmonious. -- Amicable, Friendly. Neither of these words denotes any great warmth of affection, since friendly has by no means the same strength as its noun friendship. It does, however, imply something of real cordiality; while amicable supposes very little more than that the parties referred to are not disposed to quarrel. Hence, we speak of amicable relations between two countries, an amicable adjustment of difficulties. “Those who entertain friendly feelings toward each other can live amicably together.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being amicable; amicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amicable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aplicable, fr. L. applicare. See Apply. ] Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. câble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See Capable. ] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. --
Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. --
Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). --
Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. --
Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. --
Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. --
Submarine cable. See Telegraph. --
To pay out the cable,
To veer out the cable, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. --
To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. --
To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Cabled p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling ] To telegraph by a submarine cable [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. “The cabled stone.” Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Adorned with cabling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cable, n. + Gr. gra`mma a writing, a letter. ] A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. [ A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of cable; cf. F. câblot. ] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis. ] 1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Communicative; free-speaking. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson.

-- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. confiscable. ] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deprecabilis exorable. ] That may or should be deprecated. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise. ] Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Syn. -- Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See Contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of being duplicated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. éducable. ] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being eradicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Excommunicate. ] Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. “Persons excommunicable .” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

What offenses are excommunicable ? Kenle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable. ] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
Syn. -- explainable. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being explicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . (Elec.) A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. Immedicabilis. See In- not, and Medicable. ] Not to be healed; incurable. “Wounds immedicable.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pref. im- not + pacare to quiet. See Pacate. ] Not to be appeased or quieted. [ Obs. ] Spenser. -- Im*pa"ca*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. impeccabilis; pref. im- not + peccare to err, to sin: cf. F. impeccable. ] Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. -- n. One who is impeccable; esp., one of a sect of Gnostic heretics who asserted their sinlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

God is infallible, impeccable, and absolutely perfect. P. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable. ] 1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see thou art implacable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O! how I burn with implacable fire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which wrought them pain
Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. Milton.

Syn. -- Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being implacable; implacability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an implacable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be overcome, persuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with. [ 1913 Webster ]

This though, impracticable heart
Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patriotic but loyal men went away disgusted afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.

Syn. -- Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable, Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it. The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. “The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other.” Mickle. “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matt. xix. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being impracticable; impracticability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impracticable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Morality not impracticably rigid. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + applicable. ] Not applicable; incapable of being applied; not adapted; not suitable; as, the argument is inapplicable to the case. J. S. Mill.

Syn. -- Unsuitable; unsuited; unadapted; inappropriate; inapposite; irrelevant.

-- In*ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In*ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incommunicabilis: cf. F. incommunicable. See In- not, and Communicable. ] Not communicable; incapable of being communicated, shared, told, or imparted, to others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Health and understanding are incommunicable. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those incommunicable relations of the divine love. South.

-- In`com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeprecabilis. See In- not, and Deprecate. ] Incapable or undeserving of being deprecated. Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being eradicated or rooted out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as not to be eradicable.

a. [ L. inexplicabilis: cf. F. inexplicable. See In- not, and Explicable. ] Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. “An inexplicable scratching.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves uncertain. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being inexplicable; inexplicability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inexplicable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inextricabilis: cf. F. inextricable. See In- not, and Extricate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lost in the wild, inextricable maze. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inevitable. [ R. ] “Fate inextricable.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being inextricable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inextricable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not cognizable by a judge. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insecabilis; pref. in- not + secabilis that may be cut: cf. F. insecable. ] Incapable of being divided by cutting; indivisible. [ 1913 Webster ]