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Worthy to be commemorated.

Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.

Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inc…

Pitiable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Capable of being committed.

Held in common. "Forests . . . and other commonable places." Bacon.

Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

Capable of being commuted or interchanged. The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately.

The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.

Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.

Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone.

That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham.

Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. Another compliable mind. Milton. The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated to their passions. Jortin.

Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method." Wotton.

That may be compounded.