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Webster 1913 Edition


Veniable

Ve′ni-a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
veniabilis
, fr.
venia
forgiveness, pardon.]
Venial; pardonable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Ve′ni-a-bly
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Veniable

VE'NIABLE

,
Adj.
[See Venial.] Venial; pardonable. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


veniable

veniable

English

Adjective

veniable (comparative more veniable, superlative most veniable)

  1. (obsolete) venial; pardonable
    • 1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 6th edition, book 3, chapter 12:
      More veniable is a dependance upon the Philosophers stone, potable gold, or any of those Arcana's whereby Paracelsus that died himself at forty seven, gloried that he could make other men immortal.

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