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Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. [R.] They are sociable parts united into one body. Hooker.

The quality of being sociable.

Capable of being associated or joined. We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. H. Spencer.

Associability.

Not They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator.

Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected. [Obs.] Lime and wood are insociable. Sir H. Wotton.

Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.

Sociable. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

eceiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation. That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman. Milton.

The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.

Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

alry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. While young, humane, conversable, and kind. Cowper.

Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]

Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.

To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court. Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. M. Arnold.