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adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Easily alarmed or disturbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amabilitas. ] Lovableness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The New English Dictionary (Murray) says this word is “usefully distinct from Amiability.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be assumed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of assumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. blâmable. ] Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being claimed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be confirmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable Shakespeare

Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; quick to comply; submissive; compliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have been to you a true and humble wife,
At all times to your will conformable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conformable; conformability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conformably to the law and nature of God. Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. “Consumable commodities.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. coustumable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Customary. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Usually. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. domabilis, fr. domare to tame. ] Capable of being tamed; tamable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tamableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [ R. ] “Esteemable qualities.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem. ] 1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. . [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Valuable; worth a great price. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man,
Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thing worthy of regard. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of deserving esteem or regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an estimable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being farmed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being fathomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. readily adaptable to motion picture form; -- of books, plays, and other works of literature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inflammable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being framed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. illacrimabilis; pref. il- not + lacrimabilis worthy of tears. ] Incapable of weeping. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unconformable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent. Paley. -- In`con*sum"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. in- not + L. cremabilis combustible, fr. cremare to burn. ] Incapable of being burnt; incombustibe. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + LL. decimare to tithe: cf. F. indécimable. See Decimate. ] Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indomabilis; pref. in- not + domabilis tamable. ] Indomitable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inaestimabilis: cf. F. inestimable. See In- not, and Estimate. ] Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. [ 1913 Webster ]

But above all, for thine inestimable love. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard. Lyon Playfair.

Syn. -- Incalculable; invaluable; priceless. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inflammabilite. ] Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. inflammable. ] 1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inflammable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being reclaimed. Addison. -- ir`re*claim"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder. -- Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness, adv. [1913 Webster]