† burdenableadj.
Obsolete.
1. Capable of bearing a burden.
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society > travel > transport > [adjective] > suitable to transport or convey
burdenable1632
onerary1658
burdensome1763
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 362 Without Ordonance, munition, and a burdenable ship.
2. Burdensome, chargeable, causing expense.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure
dear1044
chargeous138.
wastyc1380
dear-boughtc1384
costlewa1387
costlya1425
costy?c1430
costfulc1450
costablea1475
chargeable1480
sumptuous1485
chargeful1529
deep1608
tributary1632
burdenablec1650
expensivea1661
consumptive1753
capital-intensive1907
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 4 Thay war bot sillie, poor, naikit, soldiouris, burdenabill to the countrie, and not meit for soldiarie.
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