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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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COGITABUND a.
Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.
COLLATABLE a.
Capable of being collated. Coleridge.
COMBATABLE a.
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
COMFORTABLE a. 6 definitions
valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.
COMFORTABLENESS n.
State of being comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.
COMFORTABLY adv.
In a comfortable or comforting manner.
COMMITTABLE a.
Capable of being committed.
COMMUTABILITY n.
The quality of being commutable.
COMMUTABLE a.
Capable of being commuted or interchanged. The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately.
COMMUTABLENESS n.
The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.
COMPORTABLE a.
Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method." Wotton.
COMPUTABLE a.
Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.
CONFUTABLE a.
That may be confuted.
CONSORTABLE a.
Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
CONSTABLE n. 2 definitions
A high officer in the monarhical establishments of the Middle Ages.
CONSTABLERY n. 2 definitions
The constabulary. [Obs.]
CONSTABLESHIP n.
The office or functions of a constable.
CONSTABLESS n.
The wife of a constable. [Obs.]
CONSTABLEWICK n.
The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
CONSTABULARY a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.
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