approvableadj.

/əˈpruːvəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < approve v.¹ + -able suffix.

Able to be approved; worthy or deserving of approval.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]

acceptablea1382

acceptedc1384

admittable?1406

approvablec1449

eligiblea1500

plausible1541

admissable1587

avowable1602

applausive1605

admissible1611

vendible1642

plaudablea1650

unexceptionable1664

favourable1666

unobnoxious1678

unexceptioned1704

right1748

unregrettable1748

undisgusting1755

unexceptional1775

all right1868

unarraignable1886

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 540 That such religioun be, is alloweable and approuable of ech.

1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 709 As they be approuable or disprouable by the saide old auncient and Catholike doctrine.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 32 Inordinate desire of Martyrdome is not approueable.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xv. 118 Fine qualities, but unhappily blended with others less approveable.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism i. 20 Measures..approvable to the quiet good sense..of the people.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 403 He is..approvable as a practical officer and soldier, by the strictest judge then living.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	approvable
释义	approvableadj. /əˈpruːvəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < approve v.¹ + -able suffix. Able to be approved; worthy or deserving of approval. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] acceptablea1382 acceptedc1384 admittable?1406 approvablec1449 eligiblea1500 plausible1541 admissable1587 avowable1602 applausive1605 admissible1611 vendible1642 plaudablea1650 unexceptionable1664 favourable1666 unobnoxious1678 unexceptioned1704 right1748 unregrettable1748 undisgusting1755 unexceptional1775 all right1868 unarraignable1886 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 540 That such religioun be, is alloweable and approuable of ech. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 709 As they be approuable or disprouable by the saide old auncient and Catholike doctrine. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 32 Inordinate desire of Martyrdome is not approueable. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xv. 118 Fine qualities, but unhappily blended with others less approveable. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism i. 20 Measures..approvable to the quiet good sense..of the people. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 403 He is..approvable as a practical officer and soldier, by the strictest judge then living. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.c1449
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