Definitions
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- adjective obsolete, rare
Capable of beingheld ;holdable . - adjective rare Capable of
retaining or holding in.
Etymologies
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As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō ("I hold”, “I retain"); compare tenable, docible.
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Examples
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Mouth scarce tenible, hands not wholly faultless,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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Mouth scarce tenible, hands not wholly faultless,
Poems and Fragments 2006
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The activists announced in Madrid Tuesday the creation of the "Red SOS-tenible"
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The second onset is still more tenible, as it is filled with those artificial thunders, which seem to make the viftory doubtful, and produce a kind of consternation even in the good Angels.
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson ... 1795
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