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The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

A stable keeper. De Foe.

The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.

To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [Obs.] 2 Sam. vii. 13.

Establishment. [Obs.]

In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.

The act of stabling or housing beasts.

That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.

Made or introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a statutable provision or remedy.

Conformably to statute.

The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.

le of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable. -- Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.

Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

That may be suspected.

Capable of being touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.

Capable of worthy of being tasted; savory; relishing.

The quality or state of being temptable; lability to temptation.

Capable of being tempted; liable to be tempted. Cudworth.