Meanings
comparative more associable · superlative most associable
- Capable of being associated or joined.
We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another.
1855, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology1 more example
There were certainly two definable personal exudations about the other shoe, and associable with them syringa—that's the girl—and cheiranthus—this one.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries - obsoletesociable; companionable
- obsoletemedicineLiable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
the stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body
1802, Samuel l. Mitchill, Edward Miller, “Remarks on the Sympathy of the Stomach”, in The Medical Repository
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being associated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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