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counsellable, -elable, a.|ˈkaʊnsɪləb(ə)l|
[f. counsel v. + -able.]
1. Open to counsel; willing to be counselled.
1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 515 Allace! that daye had he bene counsalabyll, He had obtenit laude, glore, and victorie. c1610Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1683) 135 His Majesty engaged also to me to be secret, constant and counselable. 1679J. Goodman Penit. Pardoned iii. iii. (1713) 310 He requires a perswadable counsellable temper.
2. Of things: To be recommended; advisable.
1644Chas. I Let. in Carte Ormonde (1736) II. App. 6 In case the Rebels here clap up peace with me..which possibly were not counsellable for me to refuse. 1655Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) II. 306, I know it is very councelable to vnite all factions against the present vsurper. 1668Clarendon Vind. Tracts (1727) 73 His Majesty found it most counsellable to resolve to make a defensive war. |