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Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.

Capable of being emulated. [R.] Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.

To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.

The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

That may be ended; terminable.

Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.

Capable of being enforced.

Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.

Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.

Ensuing; following.

See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.

Capable of being enticed.

That may be entreated.

Capable of being enunciated or expressed.

Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble. One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay. -- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

t different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

Quality or state of being equable.

Comparable. [Obs. or R.]

marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.