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Capable of being civilized.

Capable of being claimed.

Capable of being classified.

Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.

Capable of cleaving or being divided.

Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

Capable of being climbed.

Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

Capable of being coagulated. Boyle.

Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable. Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.

Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

Capable of being collated. Coleridge.

Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] Harvey.

Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold. -- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.

aliant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.

State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.

Capable of being commanded.

the same measure; commensurate; proportional. She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.