a. [f. COMMIT + -ABLE; cf. F. commettable: see -BLE, and admittable.] That may be committed.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., IV. xii. 219. Mistakes committible in the solary compute of yeares.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., iv. 10. Most hainous sins committable against Christ.
a. 1716. South, Serm. (1737), VII. 215. There is no sin committable by man … but … is capable of being made a sin of presumption.
1804. Bentham, Wks., X. 414. Offences committed and committable.
1883. Miss Broughton, Belinda, I. i. iv. 56. The one unforgivable sin committible by women against men.
