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Webster 1913 Edition


Supportable

Sup-port′a-ble

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Adj.
[Cf. F.
supportable
.]
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
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Sup-port′a-ble-ness
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Noun.
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Sup-port′a-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Supportable

SUPPORTABLE

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Adj.
That may be upheld or sustained.
1.
That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is supportable, or not supportable. Patience renders evils supportable.
2.
Tolerable; that may be borne without resistance or punishment; as, such insults are not supportable.
3.
That can be maintained; as, the cause or opinion is supportable.