a. rare. [f. prec. + -ABLE: cf. F. chérissable.] Capable or deserving of being cherished.
1651. trans. De-las-Coveras’ Don Fenise, 313. I cannot believe that you are he which had used so many writings and amorous devises, to obtaine this cherishable permission which I have given you.
1853. Springfield Daily Republican, 10 Jan., 2/1. The cheapness with which so valuable and cherishable a product [daguerreotype], as this picture of a loved relative or friend can thus be secured, is equally a remarkable and comfortable feature of the process.
