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pos>a. [ L. aequiparabilis. ] Comparable. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incomparabilis: cf. F. incomparable. See In- not, and Comparable. ] Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton.

-- In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In*com"pa*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delights incomparably all those corporeal things. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-, and Separable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined. [ 1913 Webster ]

The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken. Mure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irreparabilis: cf. F. irréparable. See In- not, and Reparable. ] Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being irreparable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide. ] Procurable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. &unr_; a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. &unr_; to throw beside, compare; para` beside + &unr_; to throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland, Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol. ] A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious narrative of something which might really occur in life or nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables of Christ. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Allegory, and Note under Apologue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To represent by parable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being prepared. “Medicine preparable by art.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reparabilis: cf. F. réparable. ] Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. separabilis: cf. F. séparable. ] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- Sep"a*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Sep"a*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted from sparrow bill. ] A kind of small nail used by shoemakers. [ 1913 Webster ]