Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUP-PORT-A-BLE
SUP-PORT-A-BLE, a. [Fr.]
- That may be upheld or sustained.
- That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is supportable or not supportable. Patience renders evils supportable.
- Tolerable; that may be borne without resistance or punishment; as, such insults are not supportable.
- That can be maintained; as, the cause or opinion is supportable.
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