*gable*

a. Capable of being begged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being sailed round. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Defatigate. ] Capable of being wearied or tired out. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being dug. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fatigabilis: cf. F. fatigable. See Fatigue. ] Easily tired. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cable. [ Archaic ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. &unr_; head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows. ] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell gable. See under Bell. --
Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. --
Gable wall. Same as Gable (b). --
Gable window, a window in a gable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. furnished or constructed with a gable; -- of a house or roof; as, a gabled roof. Opposite of ungabled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immitigabilis; fr. pref. im- not + mitigare to mitigate. ] Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indefatigabilis: cf. OF. indefatigable. See In- not, and Defatigable, and cf. Infatigable. ] Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application. “A constant, indefatigable attendance.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upborne with indefatigable wings. Milton.

Syn. -- Unwearied; untiring; persevering; persistent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infatigabilis: cf. F. infatigable. ] Indefatigable. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innavigabilis : cf. F. innavigable. See In- not, and Navigable. ] Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels. Drygen. -- In*nav"i*ga*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate. ] Unsearchable; inscrutable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. investigabilis. See Investigate. ] Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. irréfragable, L. irrefragabilis. See Refragable. ] Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; irrefutable; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly, adv.

Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable; unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable; irrefutable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Levigate, v. t. ] Capable of being levigated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Such as can be litigated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. navigabilis: cf. F. navigable. See Navigate. ] Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By the common law, a river is considered as navigable only so far as the tide ebbs and flows in it. This is also the doctrine in several of the United States. In other States, the doctrine of the civil law prevails, which is, that a navigable river is a river capable of being navigated, in the common sense of the term. Kent. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nav"i*ga*ble*ness, n. -- Nav"i*ga*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Propagate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. refragabilis, fr. L. refragari to oppose. ] Capable of being refuted; refutable. [ R. ] -- Ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. [R.] -- Ref`ra*ga*bil"i*ty n. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Indefatigable. [ Obs. ] “Undefatigable pains.” Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]