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That may be confuted.

Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

A high officer in the monarhical establishments of the Middle Ages.

The distrit or jurisdiction of a constable. [Obs.]

The office or functions of a constable.

The wife of a constable. [Obs.]

The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Capable of being contested; debatable.

A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of the inscription on the inclosed tablet.

Capable of being contradicting.

Capable of being contributed.

A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

Capable of being corrected.

Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.

Capable of being numbered.

That may be coveted; desirable.

That may be created.

Worthy of belief. [Obs.] Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow.

The quality of being creditable.

Cultivable.