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CARABID a. 2 definitions

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidæ. -- n.

Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.

A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. -- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.

Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

COMMEASURABLE a.

g the same measure; commensurate; proportional. She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.

COMMEMORABLE a.

Worthy to be commemorated.

COMMENSURABILITY n.

The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.

COMMENSURABLE a.

measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. Commensurable numbers or quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. -- N…

COMMENSURABLY adv.

In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

COMMISERABLE a.

Pitiable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison. -- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Capable of being conferred.

CONJECTURABLE a.

Capable of being conjectured or guessed.

Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.

CONSIDERABLE a. 3 definitions

Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to. It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

CONSIDERABLENESS n.

Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

CONSIDERABLY adv.

or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much. The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other. Darwin.