a. [f. prec. + -ABLE.] Capable of being bent; flexible.

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1611.  Cotgr., Ployable, pliable, bowable, bendable.

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1642.  R. Carpenter, Experience, III. 47. The chiefe acts of nature in the soule are, of themselves, inclinable and bendable to Grace.

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1755.  in Johnson and in mod. Dicts.

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