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Payable. [Scot.]

Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.

profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. Arbuthnot. -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Prof"it*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately. [U.S.]

Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

Capable of being quitted.

Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. -- Quot`a*bit"i*ty, n. Poe.

Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value. Twenty oræ were ratable to [at] two marks of silver. Camden.

Capable of being rebutted.

Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque. [Written also redoutable.]

Capable of being refracted.

Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.

Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.

Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

That may be planted again.

Capable or admitting of being reported.

Capable of being represented.

Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct. In the article of danger, it is as reputable to elude an enemy as defeat one. Broome.

That may be requited.

; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison.