a. [ Cf. F. abolissable. ] Capable of being abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
a. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, the first two Greek letters; Heb. āleph and beth: cf. F. alphabet. ]
The very alphabet of our law. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deaf and dumb alphabet.
v. t. To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian. Abp. Sancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The science of representing spoken sounds by letters. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. The quality of being approachable; approachableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being approached; accessible;
n. The quality or state of being approachable; accessibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being avouched. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being bequeathed. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Such as can be breathed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being breathable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. able to be converted into ready money;
a. Capable of being caught. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus). [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A white wine made near
v. i.
The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cohabitans, p. pr. ] One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country. [ 1913 Webster ]
No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cohabitatio. ]
That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cohabitant. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who dwells with another, or with others. “Coinhabitants of the same element.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Ar. ] A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. déshabillé, fr. déshabiller to undress; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille. ] An undress; a careless toilet. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That can be detached. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being diminished or lessened. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. Disability. ] To disqualify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Deshabille. ] An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. [ 1913 Webster ]
They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit. ] To dislodge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime
Had been dishabited. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. Rendered uninhabited. “Dishabited towns.” R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To render unaccustomed. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Uninhabited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being distinguishable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. So as to be distinguished. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being furbished. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L. you may have the body. ] (Law) A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]