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comptible

/ˈkɒmp.tə.bəl/

comptible adjective: accountable; responsible.

Adjective

comptible (comparative more comptible, superlative most comptible)

  1. (obsolete) accountable; responsible
    • The Act of Indemnity, by which no Intrometters with Publick Money are comptible for Publick Money.1671, James Dalrymple, “The Countess of Bramford and the Lady Forrester, contra Earl of Callendar, eodem die”, in The decisions of the Lords of Council & Session
  2. (obsolete) sensitive
    • I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of comptible

comparativemore comptible
superlativemost comptible

Origin of comptible

From compt + -ible.

Questions about comptible

What does comptible mean?
Comptible means accountable; responsible.
What part of speech is comptible?
Comptible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce comptible?
Comptible is pronounced /ˈkɒmp.tə.bəl/.

Words near comptible in the dictionary

  1. compter
  2. compters
  3. comptes rendus
  4. comptessa
  5. CompTIA
  6. comptible
  7. compting
  8. compting house
  9. compting houses
  10. compting-house
  11. compting-houses

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