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Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Boyle.

A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.

Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. [R.] r. H. More.

Admitting of being shifted.

Suitable; befitting; proper. [Obs.] con.

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers.

The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.

A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

A stable keeper. De Foe.

That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.

Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.

le of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable. -- Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.

That may be suspected.

Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.

Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. Cudworth.