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Definition of Associable
1. Adjective. Capable of being associated. "Words associable with politics"
Derivative terms: Associability, Associableness, Associate, Associate
Definition of Associable
1. a. Capable of being associated or joined.
Definition of Associable
1. Adjective. Capable of being associated or joined. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) sociable; companionable ¹
3. Adjective. (medicine obsolete) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Associable
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1. Capable of being associated or joined. "We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another." (H. Spencer)
2. Sociable; companionable.
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Literary usage of Associable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1894)
"... or explains the formation of the associable. the best of my knowledge Des
Cartes was the first philosopher who introduced the absolute and essential ..."
2. An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy by Frederick Howard Collins, Herbert Spencer (1889)
"That the most relational of relations are the most associable is a truism ; for
the relations which enter into relation with one another most easily are the ..."
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