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aspectable, a. now rare.
Also 7 -ible.
[ad. L. aspectābil-is, f. aspectāre: see aspect n. and -able. Accented (ˈæspɛktəb(ə)l) by Mr. and Mrs. Browning; the analogical pronunciation is aˈspectable.]
1. Capable of being seen, visible.
1614Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iv, God was the sole cause of this aspectable and perceivable universal. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 8 (1619) 162 In this aspectible world. 1699Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 117 The most useful and admirable of all the aspectable Works of God. 1850Mrs. Browning Soul's Trav. 130 The ocean-grandeur, which Is aspectable from the place.
2. Fit to be beheld, fair to look upon.
1731Bailey, Aspectable, worthy to be look'd upon. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 203 Via Vittoria, the aspectable street Where he lived mainly. |