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Webster 1913 Edition


Importable

Im-port′a-ble

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
importable
. See
Import
.]
Capable of being imported.

Im-port′a-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
importabilis
; pref.
im-
not +
portabilis
bearable: cf. OF.
importable
. See
Portable
.]
Not to be endured; insupportable; intolerable.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Im-port′a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Importable

IMPO'RTABLE

,
Adj.
That may be imported.
1.
Insupportable; not to be endured.

Definition 2024


importable

importable

English

Adjective

importable (comparative more importable, superlative most importable)

  1. (obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
      So both attonce him charge on either side, / With hideous strokes, and importable powre [...].

Etymology 2

From import + -able.

Adjective

importable (comparative more importable, superlative most importable)

  1. Capable of being imported.
Translations

Noun

importable (plural importables)

  1. Something that can be imported.
    • 2015 July, Peter Lloyd, Donald MacLaren, “Assistance to Australian Agriculture from Federation to World War II”, in Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (via SSRN):
      Then the nominal rates of assistance from these measures are calculated for 20 agricultural products, 14 of which are classified as exportables and 6 as importables.

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