approvableadj.
/əˈpruːvəb(ə)l/ Able to be approved; worthy or deserving of approval.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]
acceptablea1382
acceptedc1384
admittable?1406
approvablec1449
eligiblea1500
plausible1541
admissable1587
avowable1602
applausive1605
admissible1611
vendible1642
plaudablea1650
unexceptionable1664
favourable1666
unobnoxious1678
unexceptioned1704
right1748
unregrettable1748
undisgusting1755
unexceptional1775
all right1868
unarraignable1886
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 540 That such religioun be, is alloweable and approuable of ech.
1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 709 As they be approuable or disprouable by the saide old auncient and Catholike doctrine.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 32 Inordinate desire of Martyrdome is not approueable.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xv. 118 Fine qualities, but unhappily blended with others less approveable.
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism i. 20 Measures..approvable to the quiet good sense..of the people.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 403 He is..approvable as a practical officer and soldier, by the strictest judge then living.
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