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Meaning of SUFFERABLE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties"
  2. [adj]  capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment"
 
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 Synonyms: bearable, endurable, permissible, supportable, tolerable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.]
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] ``Ye must be
   sufferable.'' --Chaucer.
2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable;
   tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly},
   adv.
 

 

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