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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,144 words match “SIB”

APPREHENSIBLE a.

Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.

ASSIBILATION n.

Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to - shun, duke to ditch.

Giving way; yielding. [Obs.] -- Ces`si*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

Capable of being classed.

COHESIBILITY n.

The state of being cohesible. Good.

Capable of cohesion.

Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] Chillingworth.

COMPREHENSIBILITY n.

The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.

COMPREHENSIBLE a. 2 definitions

nded, included, or comprised. Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon.

COMPREHENSIBLENESS n.

The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.

COMPREHENSIBLY adv. 2 definitions

With great extent of signification; comprehensively. Tillotson.

COMPRESSIBILITY n.

The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

COMPRESSIBLE a.

Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

COMPRESSIBLENESS n.

The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.

Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond.