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Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong. -- n.

Liable or subject to impression; capable of being molded; susceptible; impressible. He was too impressionable; he had too much of the temperament of genius. Motley. A pretty face and an impressionable disposition. T. Hook.

Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. All chances incident to man's frail life. Milton. The studies incident to his profession. Milward.

p of Mount Athos above all clouds of rain, or other inconvenience. Sir W. Raleigh. Man is liable to a great many inconveniences. Tillotson.

Incorruptible; not liable to decay. Akenside.

harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure I know not what I shall incur to passShak.

Not decimable, or liable to be decimated; not liable to the payment of tithes. Cowell.

Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy. To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. Acts i. 3.

Capable of being inquired into; subject or liable to inquisition or inquest. Bacon.

ality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.

advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.

'into; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.

ncent Islands. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

Not liable to exception or rejection. Sir W. Hamilton.

Not liable to relapse; secure. Dr. H. More.

Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

Liable to trial in a court of justice. [Obs.] Hayward.