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Capable of being dramatized.

Capable of being drawn.

Worthy of being dreaded.

Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele.

State of being drinkable.

Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [R.] Dr. H. More. -- Du"bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.]

Capable of being duped.

Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. An interest which from its object and grounds must be so dur…

Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability. The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison.

Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.] All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne.

Arable; tillable. [Archaic]

Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. -- n.

Capable of being educated. "Men are educable." M. Arnold.

Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.

Capable of being effaced.

Capable of being given off as an effluvium. "Effluviable matter." Boyle.

Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey.

Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.

Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.