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Definition of Endurable
1. Adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. "Sufferable punishment"
Definition of Endurable
1. a. Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
Definition of Endurable
1. Adjective. Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. ¹
2. Adjective. Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endurable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endurable
Literary usage of Endurable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1853)
"... like individuals, cheerfully acquiesce in their actual condition, when it
appears to be in any degree natural, or even endurable ; and that their desire ..."
2. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"This seemed to have rendered his life more endurable, and towards the close
cheered its decline ... endurable ..."
3. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery by Marion Harland (1874)
"... which are yet curable as well as endurable, and live above it—a noble, beneficent
existence in the love of your fellow-creatures and the fear of GOD—a ..."
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