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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. deserving of respect or high regard;

2. deserving of esteem and respect;
- Example: "all respectable companies give guarantees"
- Example: "ruined the family's good name"
[syn: estimable, good, honorable, respectable]

3. may be computed or estimated;
- Example: "a calculable risk"
- Example: "computable odds"
- Example: "estimable assets"
[syn: computable, estimable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis.
   See Esteem.]
   1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable
      damage. --Paley. .
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   2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]
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            A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man,
            Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
            As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. --Shak.
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   3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or
      regard.
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            A lady said of her two companions, that one was more
            amiable, the other more estimable.    --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, n.
   A thing worthy of regard. [R.]
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         One of the peculiar estimables of her country. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

estimable
    adj 1: deserving of respect or high regard [ant: contemptible]
    2: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies
       give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn:
       estimable, good, honorable, respectable]
    3: may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk";
       "computable odds"; "estimable assets" [syn: computable,
       estimable]