† covenableadj.

Forms: Also Middle English -abul, Middle English -abil(l.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French covenable, cuvenable, early variant of convenable (compare con- prefix), < co(n)venir , co(n)venant , to agree < Latin convenīre to agree, come together: see convene v. In English convenable was further reduced to cov'nable , whence corruptly comnable , comunable , comenable adj., and conable adj. (Compare the forms of covenant n.) Ultimately the full form convenable was exclusively used in French and adopted also in English: see convenable adj.¹

Obsolete.

1. Agreeing with circumstances; appropriate, becoming, meet, fit, suitable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper

methelyeOE

ylikeeOE

fairOE

i-meteOE

rightOE

becomelyc1175

proper?c1225

featc1325

conablea1340

rightful1340

worthyc1350

pursuanda1375

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dignec1385

convenablec1386

thriftyc1386

sittingc1390

comenablea1400

gainlya1400

meeta1400

wortha1400

convenientc1400

meetlya1425

suinga1425

fitc1440

tallc1440

worthyc1450

good1477

dueful?a1527

beseeminga1530

fitting1535

straighta1538

decent1539

answerable1542

becoming1565

condecent1575

becomed1599

respective1605

befittinga1612

comely1617

decorous1664

shape-like1672

beseemly1737

farrantly?1748

fitly1840

in order1850

1292 Britton v. iii. §1 Lour covenable susteinaunce.]

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xv. 23 A couenable name [L. congruum nomen] he putte to the place, clepynge it Mara.

1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 6 A bed couenable for a gentel womman.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10122 Charite is so couenabul [Vesp. comunable, Gött. comunabil].

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5 He is happy that vsith his dayes in doyng couenable thinges.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.ij Wise..as it is couenable for a curiouse prynce to be.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7951 Withouten couenable cause.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 383 b All the Sacramentes..we doe observe in due and covenable order.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 82 a Hee shall haue time and space to tender to him couenable mariage.

2. Agreeing with each other; consistent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]

samtalec1175

samentalea1300

accordingc1300

accordantc1350

covenablec1384

concordable1393

accorda1413

suant1418

consonant1489

convenablea1500

concordant1512

semblable1513

convenient1526

modulatec1530

harmonical1531

harmoniacal1536

agreeable1540

concurrent1542

suitable1568

concinne1569

harmonial1569

sympathical1570

tunable1573

coherenta1575

conspiring1576

well-consenting1579

well-consorted1583

congruous1599

high-tuned1603

symbolizing1611

unjarring1620

concording1627

congruenta1637

harmonious1638

friendlya1641

unclashing1642

complying1646

symphoniacal1650

consistent1651

consentaneous1652

consentivea1657

symbolical1667

concordiousa1670

sympathetic1673

congenerous1677

symbolizant1685

congenial1693

symphonious1743

harmonic1756

concentual1782

undiscordant1819

concordial1822

attuned1833

connate1836

sympathetical1848

concentuous1850

consenting1858

consilient1867

tuned in1958

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 56 Sothli manye seiden fals witnessinge aȝens him, and the witnessingis weren not couenable [L. convenientia].

3. Suitable for a purpose, or to the needs or wishes of any one; convenient.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective]

i-tasea1000

queemlOE

gainc1330

conablea1340

convenientc1374

covenablec1380

convenable1421

conveniable1432

comenablea1500

commodious1541

necessary1541

commode1549

commoditious1574

dexterous1605

commoditous1621

friendly1713

clever1757

convenience1961

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 388 Whan a covenable day fell.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 339 The wind was covenable.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxiii. 136 Engyns couenable to drawe out of the shippes the timber, the stones, the pipes and other thinges.

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iii. xviii. 135 Sending them into places couenable to winter.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 70 To obvent the malice of such felons, and to see a covenable remedy.

4. Of persons: Of becoming appearance or behaviour; seemly, comely; accomplished. Cf. proper adj. 7b (man, child, etc.) in obsolete and dialect use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > versed in suitable behaviour

covenablea1375

covenantc1440

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4089 A ful loueli lady lettered at þe best, corteys & couenabul.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. x. 311 The sygne that hyght Gemini..makyth a man fayr, couenable, and of meane stature.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 246 Ful abill To Armes, & to travaill, & persone covenabill.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxix. 635 A sonne called Philip, a right couenable and gracious man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	covenable
释义	† covenableadj. Forms: Also Middle English -abul, Middle English -abil(l. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French covenable, cuvenable, early variant of convenable (compare con- prefix), < co(n)venir , co(n)venant , to agree < Latin convenīre to agree, come together: see convene v. In English convenable was further reduced to cov'nable , whence corruptly comnable , comunable , comenable adj., and conable adj. (Compare the forms of covenant n.) Ultimately the full form convenable was exclusively used in French and adopted also in English: see convenable adj.¹ Obsolete. 1. Agreeing with circumstances; appropriate, becoming, meet, fit, suitable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 1292 Britton v. iii. §1 Lour covenable susteinaunce.] 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xv. 23 A couenable name [L. congruum nomen] he putte to the place, clepynge it Mara. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 6 A bed couenable for a gentel womman. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 10122 Charite is so couenabul [Vesp. comunable, Gött. comunabil]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5 He is happy that vsith his dayes in doyng couenable thinges. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.ij Wise..as it is couenable for a curiouse prynce to be. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7951 Withouten couenable cause. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 383 b All the Sacramentes..we doe observe in due and covenable order. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 82 a Hee shall haue time and space to tender to him couenable mariage. 2. Agreeing with each other; consistent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 56 Sothli manye seiden fals witnessinge aȝens him, and the witnessingis weren not couenable [L. convenientia]. 3. Suitable for a purpose, or to the needs or wishes of any one; convenient. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] i-tasea1000 queemlOE gainc1330 conablea1340 convenientc1374 covenablec1380 convenable1421 conveniable1432 comenablea1500 commodious1541 necessary1541 commode1549 commoditious1574 dexterous1605 commoditous1621 friendly1713 clever1757 convenience1961 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 388 Whan a covenable day fell. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 339 The wind was covenable. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxiii. 136 Engyns couenable to drawe out of the shippes the timber, the stones, the pipes and other thinges. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander iii. xviii. 135 Sending them into places couenable to winter. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 70 To obvent the malice of such felons, and to see a covenable remedy. 4. Of persons: Of becoming appearance or behaviour; seemly, comely; accomplished. Cf. proper adj. 7b (man, child, etc.) in obsolete and dialect use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > versed in suitable behaviour covenablea1375 covenantc1440 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4089 A ful loueli lady lettered at þe best, corteys & couenabul. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. x. 311 The sygne that hyght Gemini..makyth a man fayr, couenable, and of meane stature. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 246 Ful abill To Armes, & to travaill, & persone covenabill. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxix. 635 A sonne called Philip, a right couenable and gracious man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1375
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