a. [f. prec. + -ABLE.] That can be employed.
1661. Boyle, Scept. Chem., V. 287 (J.). The objections made … seem employable against this Hypothesis.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), II. 97. The materia medica of morality, that is, the conceptions, persuasions, maxims, customs, institutions, employable therein.
1808. Bentham, Sc. Reform, 69. Evidence ultimately employable.
1840. Mill, Diss. & Disc., I. 389. Means employable for important social ends.
