a. Also 6 bearabil. [f. BEAR v.1 + -ABLE.] That may be borne; supportable, endurable, tolerable.

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c. 1550.  Cheke, Matt. xxiii. 4. Heui burdens and hardli bearabil.

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1763.  Mrs. F. Brooke, Lady Mandeville (1782), II. 34. The most bearable man I have seen.

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1788.  Med. Commun., II. 253. The least motion was scarce bearable.

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1854.  J. Abbott, Napoleon, I. xi. 203. Life becomes bearable for their sakes.

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