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Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards.

The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.

able of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South.

The quality or state of being portable; portability.

Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Fit to be drunk; drinkable. "Water fresh and potable." Bacon. -- n.

The quality of being drinkable.

The quality or state of being precipitable.

Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.)

That may be predicted.

To establish beforehand.

Settlement beforehand.

Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.

Payable. [Scot.]

The quality or state of being preventable.

Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.

profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. Arbuthnot. -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Prof"it*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being prorated, or divided proportionately. [U.S.]

Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

Capable of being quitted.