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Supportable


SUPPORTABLE, adjective That may be upheld or sustained.

1. That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is supportable or not supportable Patience renders evils supportable

2. Tolerable; that may be borne without resistance or punishment; as, such insults are not supportable

3. That can be maintained; as, the cause or opinion is supportable