Word Meanings - MARRIAGEABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n.

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• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MARRIAGEABILITY
  The quality or state of being marriageable.
• ALLOWABLENESS
  The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.
• MARRIAGE
  1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4. 2. The marriage vow or contract. Chaucer. 3. A feast made on
• ALLOWABLE
  1. Praiseworthy; laudable. Hacket. 2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
• CAPABLENESS
  The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
• MARRIAGEABLE
  Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable. -- Mar"riage*a*ble*ness, n.
• CAPABLE
  1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior. 2.
• UNCAPABLE
  Incapable. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke.
• INCAPABLE
  Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit
• OVERCAPABLE
  Too capable. Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker.
• FERRIAGE
  The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
• CARRIAGEABLE
  Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin.
• RECARRIAGE
  Act of carrying back.
• DISALLOWABLE
  Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.
• MISCARRIAGEABLE
  Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. Bp. Hall.
• GINNY-CARRIAGE
  A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
• CARRIAGE
  carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and
• HYDROPNEUMATIC GUN CARRIAGE
  A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.
• MISCARRIAGE
  1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior;
• UNSCAPABLE
  Not be escaped; inevitable. Wyclif.