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sufferable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective sufferable has 1 sense
- sufferable(s = adj.all) bearable, endurable, supportable - capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment"
CIDE DICTIONARY
sufferable, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.].
- Able to suffer or endure; patient. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. [1913 Webster]
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