adj. That may be suffered; capable of being tolerated, endured or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Able to suffer or endure; patient.
adj. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Capable of being suffered, endured, tolerated, or permitted; allowable.
Capable of suffering or enduring with patience; tolerant; patient.
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adj. capable of being borne though unpleasant
Word Usage
"But if the machines are sufferable, that is, if they have so much as divine probability, then it follows of necessity, that the doctrine of the church is false; so that I leave it to every impartial clergyman to consider. '"