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Capable of being opined or thought. Holland.

Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine. C. J. Ellicott.

Capable of being opposed or resisted.

Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

Capable of being ordered; tractable. [R.] Being very orderable in all his sickness. Fuller.

Capable of being ordained or appointed. [Obs.]

A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter.

Capable of being originated.

Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point. Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle. -- Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive…

Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.

Capable of producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] Walpole.

Too capable. [R.] Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker.

In the philosophy of Nietzsche, a man of superior physique and powers capable of dominating others; one fitted to survive in an egoistic struggle for the mastery.

Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.

Capable of being converted into an oxide.

Capable of being oxidized.

Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.