Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUP-PORT-A-BLE, a. [Fr.]

1. That may be upheld or sustained.
2. That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is supportable or not supportable. Patience renders evils supportable.
3. Tolerable; that may be borne without resistance or punishment; as, such insults are not supportable.
4. That can be maintained; as, the cause or opinion is supportable.