a. Capable of being abated;
a. Capable of being abdicated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Abominable. [ A false orthography anciently used; h was foisted into various words; hence abholish, for abolish, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This is abhominable, which he [ Don Armado ] would call abominable. Shak. Love's Labor's Lost, v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Able for, is Scotticism. “Hardly able for such a march.” Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Able, a. ] [ Obs. ]
[ F. -able, L. -abilis. ] An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense;
The form
☞ It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able instead of -ible. “Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex -able only.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. “Able-bodied vagrant.” Froude. --
v. t. [ L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate. ] To send abroad. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ablegatio. ] The act of sending abroad. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having much intellectual power. --
n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
a., comp. of Able. --
a. [ Cf. F. abolissable. ] Capable of being abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ]
☞ Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [ 15th c. ], “abomynable syght of monkes” was elegant English for “a large company of friars.” G. P. Marsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being abrogated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be absolved. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. absorbable. ] Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. Kerr. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be abused. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being accented. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
a. Capable of being acclimated. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acclimatized. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. accommodable. ] That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [ R. ] I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or condition of being accommodable. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sociable. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Accountable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. acordable, F. accordable. ]
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 ]
a. [ L. accusabilis: cf. F. accusable. ] Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or fault; blamable; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being achieved. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Capable of being acknowledged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Cf. OF. acointable ]. Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being acquired. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of an acre; per acre;
a. Capable of being acted. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. LL. actionabilis. See Action. ] That may be the subject of an action or suit at law;
a. Capable of being adapted. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Add, v. + -able. ] Addible. [ 1913 Webster ]