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Capable of being procured; obtainable. Boyle.

Capable of being reduced to fine powder. Boyle.

That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms.

Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [R.] Shak.

sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable. A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. Shak. If I am recoverable, why am I thus Cowper. -- Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n.

Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.

stion among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause. W. Nicholson.

hy of being remembered. -- Re*mem"ber*a*bly, adv. The whole vale of Keswick is so rememberable. Coleridge.

Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration. -- Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r, n.

Capable of being rendered.

Reparable. Gauden.

The quality or state of being reparable.

Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.

In a reparable manner.

Capable of being required; proper to be required. Sir M. Hale.

The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.

Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. -- Re*spir"a*ble*ness, n.

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

One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

c origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself. She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. Sir W. Scott.