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Definition of Tearable
1. tear [adj] - See also: tear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearable
Literary usage of Tearable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lexicon, Hebrew, Chaldee, and English: Compiled from the Most Approved by Samuel Lee (1840)
"32, under this head : which is clearly erroneous : rib being there plainly
negative, signifying, it shall not be torn, or rather tearable (detur venia ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1881)
"... 15 1754 the first Sacrement of the Lords supper was Administred in the New
meeting House November: y" 18th 1755. their was a tearable Earth quake about ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1905)
"and if a life, With large results so little rife, Though tearable, seem hardly
worth This pomp of worlds, this pain of birth. Yet, Fausta, the mute turf we ..."