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supportable

adj

Etymology

From Middle English supportable, equivalent to support + -able, or possibly from Middle French supportable.

  1. derived from supportable
  2. inherited from supportable

Definitions

  1. Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.

    • A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.

  2. Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated

    Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.

    • [...]supportable To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you, for I Have lost my daughter.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA