a. (In 7 -ible.) [f. TRUST v. + -ABLE.] That may be trusted, trustworthy.
1606. Sir G. Goosecappe, I. ii., in Bullen, O. Pl., III. 14. We might have tickled the vanity out an howre longer, if my watch be trustible.
1773. J. Berridge, Chr. World Unmasked, Wks. 1838, 232. If you knew the man was able and trustable, his promise would relieve you instantly.
1884. Edna Lyall, We Two, viii. At least one trustable, sympathetic person had been with her mother at the last. Ibid. Jesus Christ … is the most perfectly loveable and trustable Being I know.
1900. A. Black, Evening & Morn., iii. 83. They are trusting all that men have found to be trustable.
