a. [f. AID v. + -ABLE; cf. MFr. aidable, refash. on OFr. ayable:—L. adjūtābilis serviceable, f. adjūtā-re: see AID v.]
† 1. Capable of aiding; helpful. Obs. rare.
1594. Carew, trans. Huarte’s Trial of Wits, vii. (1596), 94. Such bodily qualities as are aidable to that effect.
2. Capable of being helped. rare–0.
