English Dictionary: viable | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Viable \Vi"a*ble\, a. [F., from vie life, L. vita. See {Vital}.] (Law) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant. Note: Unless he [an infant] is born viable, he acquires no rights, and can not transmit them to his heirs, and is considered as if he had never been born. --Bouvier. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vi-apple \Vi"-ap`ple\, n. See {Otaheite apple}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vi-apple \Vi"-ap`ple\, n. See {Otaheite apple}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vively \Vive"ly\, adv. In a lively manner. [Obs.] If I see a thing vively represented on the stage. --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vow-fellow \Vow"-fel`low\, n. One bound by the same vow as another. [R.] --Shak. |