† covenableten.
Obsolete.
Fitness, suitableness; also, a fit occasion, an opportunity.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]
covenablenessa1382
covenabletec1384
propertya1387
abilitya1398
congruencec1430
conveniencec1430
meetnessc1449
congruencya1513
conveniency1526
congruity1530
familiarity1551
suitableness1594
familiarnessa1617
idoneity1617
connaturalnessa1628
suitability1648
adequateness1650
adaptness1657
competibilitya1660
accommodateness1660
adaptation1663
adaptedness1673
evenliness1674
condecence1678
decorousness1678
feating1682
resemblance1715
idoneousness1727
appropriateness1731
favourableness1775
adaptitude1806
adaptment1831
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvi. 16 And fro that tyme he souȝte couenablete, for to bitake hym.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xiv. 29 He kepte couenabletee [L. opportunitatem], in whiche he shulde perfourme the maundement.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. vii. 16 This onely couenablete without the other propretees.
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