a. [a. F. associable, f. associer to ASSOCIATE: see -ABLE.]
† 1. That may be associated with, companionable.
1611. Cotgr., Associable, Companable, sociable, associable, fit to hold fellowship with.
2. That may be associated or connected in thought (with).
1855. H. Spencer, Psychol., I. II. viii. (1872), 259. The relations which enter into relation with one another are … most easily associable.
1870. Proctor, Other Worlds, iii. 57. Effects which seem associable with their comparative proximity to the sun’s orb.
3. Phys. Of nerves, muscles, etc.: Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts.
