Word Study
associable
CIDE DICTIONARY
associable, a. [See Associate.].
- Capable of being associated or joined. [1913 Webster]"We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another." [1913 Webster]
- Sociable; companionable. [1913 Webster]
- Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. [1913 Webster]"The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
associable, adj. (usu. foll. by with) capable of being connected in thought.
Derivative
associability n.
Etymology
F f. associer (as ASSOCIATE, -ABLE)
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