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counselable

counselable is the alternative form of counsellable.

Meaning of counsellable

Adjective

counsellable (comparative more counsellable, superlative most counsellable)

  1. (obsolete) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
    • Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
  2. (obsolete) advisable; prudent
    • 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself
      He did not believe it counsellable.

Forms of counselable

comparativemore counselable
superlativemost counselable

Questions about counselable

What is counselable the alternative form of?
Counselable is the alternative form of counsellable.

Words near counselable in the dictionary

  1. counits
  2. Couns.
  3. counsel
  4. counsel of despair
  5. counsel of perfection
  6. counselable
  7. counseled
  8. counselee
  9. counselees
  10. counselest
  11. counseleth

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