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relievable, a.|rɪˈliːvəb(ə)l|
[f. relieve v.]
1. a. Capable of receiving, admitting of, legal relief; also const. against.
1670Modern Rep. (1682) I. 304 A Father may settle his Estate; so as that the Issue shall be deprived of it for Disobedience, and not be relievable in Equity. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 104 Neither can this court..hold plea of any such word, or thing, wherein the party is relievable by the courts of the common law. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 502 If a woman about to marry, gives away a part of her property,..they are relievable against in Chancery. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. xiii. (1876) III. 22 An original complaint..relievable in the ordinary course of law.
b. That may be relieved or assisted.
1707Norris Treat. Humility vi. 252 Being loth to be thought in a releivable condition. 1794–6E. Darwin Zoon. IV. 79 The maniacal idea is so painful as not to be for a moment relievable by the exertions of reverie. 1893Jos. Strong New Era xiii. 282 Relievable suffering, wrongs, violations of law, ignorance.
†2. Ready to give relief. Obs. rare—1.
a1693Aubrey Lives (1898) I. 281 The poor were more relievable, that is, he recieved more kindnesse from them than from the rich. |