a. Capable of being abated;
a. [ F. acceptable, L. acceptabilis, fr. acceptare. ] Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome;
n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acclimated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Accountable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. accostable. ] Approachable; affable. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an accountable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. acointable ]. Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acted. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being adapted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being adjusted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Admissible. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. agitabilis: cf. F. agitable. ] Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. Capable of being allotted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to
a. Capable of being appointed or constituted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. aptabilis, fr. L. aptare. ] Capable of being adapted. [ Obs. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. argumentabilis. ] Admitting of argument. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aspectabilis. ] Capable of being; visible. “The aspectable world.” Ray. “Aspectable stars.” Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being assaulted. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. --
a. Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. [ 1913 Webster ]
Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of augmentation. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Abbrev. from debatable. ] Disputable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called batable or debatable ground. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Batful. ] Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. capable of being defeated.
a.
The boatable waters of the Alleghany. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. See Charity. ]
Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . .
. . . I will speak to thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. L. Andrews.
n. The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a charitable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being cheated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Capability of being cheated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being cited. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Joint establishment. Bp. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think. ] Capable of being brought before the mind as a thought or idea; conceivable; thinkable. [ 1913 Webster ]
Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being collated. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. combattable. ] Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated;
a. [ OF. confortable. ]
Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
My lord leans wondrously to discontent;
His comfortable temper has forsook him:
He is much out of health. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being comfortable. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a comfortable or comforting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]