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The quality of being notable.

Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection. [R.]

That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.

The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.

, n. See Pantofle. [Obs.]

See Partible. Camden.

Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.

Capable of being permuted; exchangeable. -- Per*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mut"a*bly, adv.

See under Plane, a.

Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards.

able of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South.

The quality or state of being portable; portability.

Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water fresh and potable." Bacon. -- n.

The quality of being drinkable.

Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)

That may be predicted.

Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.