a. Capable of being abated;
n. [ LL. acceptabilitas. ] The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. “Acceptability of repentance.” Jer. Taylor. [ 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 ]
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 ]
n. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness. “The awful idea of accountability.” R. Hall.
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. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Acetabuliferous. ] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous. ] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. acetabulum + -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped;
‖n. [ L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] [ 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. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; unchangeable;
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
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
n. [ Sp. atabal, fr. Ar. at-tabl the drum, tabala to beat the drum. Cf. Tymbal. ] A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Trademark. ] a drug once used to treat malaria (
n. See Atabal. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones. [ 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 ]
n. [ Auto- + stability. ] (Mechanics) Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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 ]