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aimable

aimable adjective: capable of being aimed.

Adjective (1)

aimable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being aimed.
    • An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target […]2000, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Adjective (2)

aimable (comparative more aimable, superlative most aimable)

  1. (rare) Likeable, amiable.
    • And almoſt all have their Crooks enriched with Devices, Cyphers and Ribands, and the propriety of their Habits, ſerves to render them more aimable: […] They inform themſelves with care, and they tell to all they meet, all the marks of this aimable Animal, […] Remember not (I ſay) the Sunbeams to be...1681, [Georges] de Scudery, translated by a Person of Honour, Amaryllis to Tityrus. Being, the First Heroick Harangue of the Excellent Pen of Monsieur Scudery. A Witty and Pleasant Novel. Englished...
    • Widowhood pityable in its ſolitary Loſs, but aimable and comely, when it is ordained with Gravity and Purity; […] Let me then, whilſt I have my Day of Life, divorſe Sin from me, and hate it mortally, becauſe it is an Enemy to God; and embrace the divine Vertues, that are in themſelves Aimable, and...1692, J. S., The Pious Christians Devotion: And Most Excellent Family-Companion or, A Friendly Guide to Eternal Life and Glory, in the Perfect Enjoyment of God, and the Blessed Fellowship of Saints...

Forms of aimable

comparativemore aimable
superlativemost aimable

Origin of aimable

From aim + -able.

From French aimable. Doublet of amable.

Words formed from aimable

Questions about aimable

What does aimable mean?
Aimable means capable of being aimed.
What part of speech is aimable?
Aimable is an adjective.

Words near aimable in the dictionary

  1. aim'd
  2. aim-crier
  3. aim-criers
  4. AIMA prophecy
  5. aimability
  6. aimable
  7. aimag
  8. aimags
  9. aimak
  10. aimaks
  11. Aimaq

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