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tenantable, a.|ˈtɛnəntəb(ə)l|
[f. tenant v. and n. + -able.]
1. Capable of being tenanted or inhabited; fit for occupation. Also fig.
1542Richmond Wills (Surtees) 32 Ye same howse so to be mayde tenandhable. 1576in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 382 To leve yt repayred and tenaunteable. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. iv. ii, A good tenantable and fertile womb. 1753Hervey Theron & Asp. (1757) I. xii. 472 It [the body] is kept in tenantable condition for the soul. 1849De Quincey Eng. Mail Coach Wks. 1862 IV. 292 The only room tenantable by gentlemen. 1852Bearn in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Eng. XIII. i. 90 He therefore cannot keep the property in tenantable repair.
2. [f. the n.] Befitting a tenant. rare.
1856H. Broom Comm. Common Law 15 A tenant..is bound to use a farm in a good and tenantable manner, and according to the rules of good husbandry.
Hence ˈtenantableness, tenantable condition.
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