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supportable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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

  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; 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.”