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Webster 1913 Edition
Tenable
Ten′a-ble
(tĕn′ȧ-b’l)
, Adj.
[F.
tenable
, fr. tenir
to hold, L. tenere
. See Thin
, and cf. Continue
, Continent
, Entertain
, Maintain
, Tenant
, Tent
.] Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process;
as, a
. tenable
fortress, a tenable
argumentIf you have hitherto concealed his sight,
Let it be
Let it be
tenable
in your silence still. Shakespeare
I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was
tenable
. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tenable
TEN'ABLE
,Adj.
That may be held, maintained or defended against an assailant, or against attempts to take it; as a tenable fortress. The works were not deemed tenable. The ground taken in the argument is not tenable.