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Webster 1913 Edition


Controllable

Con-trol′la-ble

,
Adj.
Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always
controllable
by reason.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Controllable

CONTROLLABLE

,
Adj.
That may be controlled, checked or restrained; subject to command.
Passion is the drunkenness of the mind, and not always controllable by reason.

Definition 2024


controllable

controllable

English

Adjective

controllable (comparative more controllable, superlative most controllable)

  1. Able to be controlled; subject to regulation or command.

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  • controllable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • controllable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913