-able Hear it!

-able definition

-able (ə bəl)

  1. that can or will perishable
  2. capable of being ____ed manageable
  3. worthy of being ____ed lovable
  4. having qualities of comfortable
  5. tending or inclined to peaceable

Etymology: ME < OFr < L -abilis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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