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mendable, a.|ˈmɛndəb(ə)l|
[f. mend v. + -able.]
That can be mended; capable of improvement.
1533More Apol. xlviii. Wks. 925/2 And those extreme vices..diligently refourme & amende in such as are mendable. 1638in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 282 The locks..are not mendable when out of tune. 1890Graphic 11 Oct. 405/3 If I thought there was aught mendable in thee that could be shaped by the hands of a good wife. |