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a. [ F. abominable. L. abominalis. See Abominate. ] 1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. [ 1913 Webster ]

The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obtainable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

General Howe would not permit the purchase of those articles [ clothes and blankets ] in Philadelphia, and they were not attainable in the country. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being attainable; attainability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. combinable. ] Capable of combining; consistent with. [ R. ] M. Arnold.

-- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. That may be complained of. [ R. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. constraignable, F. contraignable. ] Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being contaminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. déclinable. See Decline. ] Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Define. ] Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. destinable. ] Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. determinabilis finite. See Determine, v. t. ] Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being determined; determinability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline. ] 1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being discriminated. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being drained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. e- + terminable. ] Interminable. [ Obs. ] Skelton.

a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. explainabilis. ] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.
Syn. -- explicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out.
Syn. -- extirpable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Fine. ] Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. gagnable. See Gain, v. t. ] Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being illuminated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable. ] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. Tillotson.

-- Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*ag"i*na*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Enable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Enablement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inclinabilis. See Incline. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leaning; tending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Likely and inclinable to fall. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a propensity of will or feeling; leaning in disposition; disposed; propense; as, a mind inclinable to truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatsoever other sins he may be inclinable to. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very constitution of a multitude is not so inclinable to save as to destroy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See In- not, and Decline. ] (Gram.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun. -- n. An indeclinable word. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An indeterminable thing or quantity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indeterminabilis: cf. F. indéterminable. See In- not, and Determine. ] Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. in- not + disciplinable: cf. F. indisciplinable. ] Not disciplinable; undisciplinable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + explainable; cf. L. inexplanabilis. ] Incapable of being explained; inexplicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inexterminabilis. See In- not, and Exterminate. ] Incapable of extermination. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unimaginable; inconceivable. [ R. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. innominabilis; pref. in- not + nominare to name: cf. F. innominable. ] Not to be named. [ R. ] Testament of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inopinabilis. See Inopinate. ] Not to be expected; inconceivable. [ Obs. ] “Inopinable, incredible . . . sayings.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate. ] Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited. [ 1913 Webster ]