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Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand.

Capable of being appraised.

Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.

Capable of being apprehended or conceived. "Apprehensible by faith." Bp. Hall. -- Ap`*pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. Hawthorne.

Capable of being approached; accessible; as, approachable virtue.

Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being adapted. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.

Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. [Archaic] Bp. Hall.

Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

Capable of being ascended.

Capable of being ascended; climbable.

Capable of being ascribed; attributable.

Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

Capable of being assailed.

Capable of being assaulted.

Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.

The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.

Capable of being associated or joined. We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. H. Spencer.