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English Dictionary: sufferable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sufferable
adj
  1. capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment"
    Synonym(s): bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sufferable \Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.]
      1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] [bd]Ye must be
            sufferable.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable;
            tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly},
            adv.
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