supportable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English supportable, equivalent to support + -able,[1] or possibly from Middle French supportable.[2]
Adjective
[edit]supportable (comparative more supportable, superlative most supportable)
- Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
- Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- [...]supportable
To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker
Than you may call to comfort you, for I
Have lost my daughter.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]capable of being tolerated; endurable
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References
[edit]- “supportable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “supportable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “supportable, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “supportāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]supportable (plural supportables)
Further reading
[edit]- “supportable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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