English Dictionary: Colorable | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colorable \Col"or*a*ble\, a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. [bd]Colorable pretense for infidelity.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. -- {Col"or*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Col"or*a*bly}, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. --Hooker. |