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Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith.…

Admitting an atonement; capable of being atoned for; expiable.

A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation. Dunglison.

ce; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.

Capable of being attacked.

Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison.

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.

Capable of being attracted; subject to attraction. -- At*tract"a*ble*ness, n.

Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.

Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.

Capable of augmentation. Walsh.

Capable of being authorized. Hammond.

Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism or saprophytism.

Such as 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. H…

Capable of being averted; preventable.

Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

Capable of being avouched.

Capable of being avowed, or openly acknowledged, with confidence. Donne.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.