Obs. [a. OF. covenableté: see COVENABLE and -TY.] Fitness, suitableness; also, a fit occasion, an opportunity.
1382. Wyclif, 2 Macc. xiv. 29. He kepte couenabletee [Vulg. opportunitatem], in which he shulde perfourme the maundement. Ibid., Matt. xxvi. 16. And fro that tyme he souȝte couenablete, for to bitake hym.
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., I. vii. 16. This onely couenablete without the other propretees.
