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† sperable, a. Obs.
[ad. L. spērābilis (f. spērāre to hope) or F. espérable (Sp. esperable, Pg. esperavel, It. sperabile).]
That may be hoped for; admitting of, giving room for, hope. Of debts: = sperate a. 1.
1565Sir W. Cecil in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 297 Wherin suerly perceaving his own cause not sperable, he doth honorably and wisely. 1571― in D. Digges Complete Ambass. (1655) 164, I am sorry that your health is not more sperable to be speedily recovered. 1591Sir H. Unton Corr. (Roxb.) 187 If..you yourselfe shall find the recovery [of Rouen] sperable, then..you may afterwards use the kind of speache. c1615Jas. I in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 170 Debts before the 30th of Elizabeth, though they be never so sperable. |