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alible

American

[al-uh-buhl] / ˈæl ə bəl /

adjective

Archaic.

nutritive; nourishing.

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alibility

noun

Etymology

Origin of alible

1650–60; < Latin alibilis, equivalent to al ( ere ) to feed + -ibilis -ible

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