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Capable of being mended.

Capable of being amended; as, an amendable writ or error. -- A*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

dable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.

Deserving, disapprobation or blame. -- Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable. Glanvill. -- Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.

be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.

exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

moting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Gen. i. 31. Good company, good wine, good welcome. Shak.

ple. Joel iii. 16. A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.

Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.

The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 15).

Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.

; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [R.] Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves. Hooker.

To take alone, or one by one. Men . . . commendable when they are singled. Hooker.

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