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Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.

Capable or admitting of being reported.

Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.

Admitting of being compared; like. [Obs.] Gower.

Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n.

Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.

Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. Swift. -- Re*stor"a*ble*ness, n.

Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed. Sir M. HAle.

That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.

Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.

Admitting no return. Chapman.

Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter. [R.] One now scarce counted a rhythmer, formerly admitted for a poet. Fuller.

To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope. There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance. Addison. Room and space (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance b…

pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.

Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. Dr. H. More. -- Sal"va*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"va*bly, adv.

An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.

Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation. -- Sat`u*ra*bil"i*ty, n.

capable of, or admitting of, being saved. In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition. Jer. Taylor.