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▪ I. † convenable, a.1 Obs.|ˈkɒnvɪnəb(ə)l|
[a. F. convenable, OF. also covenable, f. stem of conven-ir, conven-ant to meet, to agree (:—L. convenīre to convene): see -able, -ble. Cf. Pr. convenable, convenhable. The earlier form was covenable, whence also the early variants comenable, conable. But convenable gradually became the established form in French, and is found in Eng. beside covenable down to the 17th c. Johnson (1755) says ‘Not now in use’.]
1. Agreeing with circumstances or requirements; suitable, appropriate, proper, meet, becoming.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋243 (Harl. MS. 7334) Whiche [thynges] ben conuenable [4 MSS. couenable, Petw. conable, Cambr. 603 nede] to verray confessioun. 1414Brampton Penit. Ps. lxx. 27 That mannys lyvyng be convenable, And redy unto thi servyse,—That is all thi coveytise. 1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf E j, Let vs then see whether this prince be a conuenable mariage in regard of her priuate person. 1641Termes de la Ley 230 Where the Lord profereth convenable marriage to his ward. 1659Macallo Canons Physick 75 By reason of the convenable quality and reasonable quantity. 1815F. Burney Lett. 25 June, As the superior officer..in active service for Louis XVIII, [he is] forced to innumerable convenable expenses.
2. Agreeing with each other; consistent, congruous; in agreement.
c1450Merlin 59 This place that was voyde at the table of Ioseph be-tokeneth the place that Matheu fulfilde; and, sir, thus be these two tables convenable. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Sept. 175 With his word his work is convenable.
3. Suitable to the purpose or requirements of any one; convenient.
1421in Rymer Foedera (1710) X. 463 In such place, as were most convenable unto the said King of Romans. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 22 Preamb., The convenable tyme of helpe is comme. c1534tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 81 Nothinge seemed more convenable to the Brittons than to encompasse their enemies on their backes. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark iv. 31 The playnest manour of teachyng and moste conuenable. 1615Crooke Body of Man 278 A convenable aliment for the particular parts. 1641Prynne Antip. 278 The convenable season of the imploying of the good lent was passed.
▪ II. convenable, a.2|kənˈviːnəb(ə)l|
[f. convene v. + -able.]
Capable of being convened.
1755Johnson, Convenable, that may be convened. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxiii. 529 The States of Jersey are not convenable without the consent of the Governor. |