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A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

Arable; tillable. [Archaic]

Comparable. [Obs. or R.]

Not arable. [R.]

Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent. A merchant of incomparable wealth. Shak. A new hypothesis . . . which hath the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton for a patron. Bp. Warburton. -- In*com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- In*com"pa…

The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparableness. Locke.

Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined. The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken. Mure. Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. D. Webster.

The quality or state of being inseparable; inseparability. Bp. Burnet.

In an inseparable manner or condition; so as not to be separable. Bacon. And cleaves through life inseparably close. Cowper.

The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness. Sterne.

Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss. Shak.

Quality of being irreparable.

In an irreparable manner.

e Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant. [Written also marabu.]

A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.

Same as Muzarab, Muzarabic.

ent of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also Mozarabic.]