superable

American  

[soo-per-uh-buhl] / ˈsu pər ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being overcome; surmountable.

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superable British  

/ -prəbəl, ˈsuːpərəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be surmounted or overcome

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Other Word Forms

• superability noun
• superableness noun
• superably adverb

Etymology

Origin of superable

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin superābilis, equivalent to superā(re) “to overcome” (derivative of super; super- ) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

The Middle East is a place where the smallest distances can mark in superable barriers, and the only way to cover the situation is to have men on both sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

All cultivation requires watchfulness and additional precautions, either more or less: you must not, for the sake of a few superable difficulties, resign the otherwise unattainable refinement effected by poetry.

From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by Lady, An English

Whatever inertia may be, it is superable or destructible only by the force or motion of matter itself,—matter being incapable of rest.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various