Definition of Overable

1. excessively able [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overable

over square
over the counter
over the counter security
over the counter stock
over the edge
over the hill
over the hills and far away
over the moon
over the sea
over the top
over the transom
over the wicket
over there
over time
over to
overable (current term)
overabound
overabounded
overabounding
overabounds
overabstract
overabundance
overabundances
overabundant
overabundantly
overaccelerate
overaccelerated
overaccelerates
overaccelerating
overaccentuate

Literary usage of Overable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1880)
"... Prior of Durham in 1447 they appear to have been used for the conveyance of coal. The lessees were " to wirke and wyu cole every day overable with thre ..."

2. Annual Report by Correctional Association of New York (1904)
"There can be no doubt that the imprisonment of re- overable men is necessary in many cases. The man to be re- 'ormed must be brought where reformatory ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis (1840)
"By whom rei :overable after determination of a defeasible administration, 624. E 'xecutor, II. 2. Pawnbroker' », 508. Pawnbroker. III. Of parties. ..."

4. The Congressional Globe by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, George A. Bailey, Franklin Rives (1853)
"... are re overable in favor The term folio in this act shall mean one hundred words, counting each figure as a word. When there are over fifty and under ..."

5. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: A Book for an Idle Holiday by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1891)
"... I assert, get-overable by flattery; just as every other human being is, from a duchess to a cat's-meat man, from a ploughboy to a poet— and the poet far ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"It would seem, however, that in л true view the measure of damages re- c-overable by the owner of premises—assuming that he is entitled to recover at all— ..."

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