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State of being disputable.

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp…

Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.

Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.

That can be tamed. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]

Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [R.] Dr. H. More. -- Du"bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.]

Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. -- n.

See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.

That may be entreated.

; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.

The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.

Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.

Liable to escheat.

A voidable. [R.] Hooker.

Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.]

Very desirable. [Obs.] Bailey.

That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne.

A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies.