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aving sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.] Laws human are available by consent. Hooker.

Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. [Obs.]

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.

ivilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. "He's bailable, I'm sure." Ford.

Such as can be balanced.

Receivable at a bank.

Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter.

Disputable. [Obs.]

Capable of culti [Obs.] Burton.

Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv.

Capable of being begged.

Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall.

Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty (, n.

Capable of being bent.

Capable of being bequeathed.

Such as may, or ought to, be bewailed; lamentable.

Obedient; docile. [Scot.]

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.