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Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. -- Sup*pos"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*pos"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.

That may be surpassed.

Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over. [Obs.]

That may transposed; as, a transposable phrase.

Capable of being traversed, or passed over; as, a traversable region.

Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient. Lowth. -- Un`ad*vis"a*bly, adv.

Not capable of being ended; unceasing. [R.]

Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.

Indispensable.

Inexcusable. Hayward. -- Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.

Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.

Capable of being used.

Capable of being turned. [R.]

Versability. [R.]

The quality of being advisable; advisableness.

To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope. To aggravate the horrors of the scene. Prescott. The defense made by the prisioner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. Addison.…

one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable. Carlyle. Having n…

run before the wind. -- To bear back, to retreat. "Bearing back from the blows of their sable antagonist." Sir W. Scott. -- To bear down upon (Naut.), to approach from the windward side; as, the fleet bore down upon the enemy. -- To bear in with (Naut.), to run or tend toward; as, a ship bears in with the land. --…

or, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. The gilded car of day. Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. Tennyson.