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Webster 1913 Edition
Personable
Per′son-a-ble
(pẽr′sŭn-ȧ-b’l)
, Adj.
1.
Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable;
as, a
. personable
man or womanWise, warlike,
personable
, courteous, and kind. Spenser.
The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not
personable
. E. Hall.
2.
(Law)
(a)
Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
Cowell.
(b)
Having capacity to take anything granted.
Webster 1828 Edition
Personable
PER'SONABLE
,Adj.
1.
In law, enabled to maintain pleas in court.2.
Having capacity to take any thing granted or given.[The two latter senses, I believe, are little used.]