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Aimable

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being aimed. not-comparable

    "An apparatus for enabling a user to orient an aiming axis of an aimable device at a desired orientation with respect to a line of sight from the user to a target […]"

  2. 2
    Likeable, amiable. rare

    "And almoſt all have their Crooks enriched with Devices, Cyphers and Ribands, and the propriety of their Habits, ſerves to render them more aimable: […] They inform themſelves with care, and they tell to all they meet, all the marks of this aimable Animal, […] Remember not (I ſay) the Sunbeams to be as illuſtrious as I have depainted ’em; Nor our Rivers whoſe waves are Argent; Nor the aimable obſcurity of our Grots: […] Nor the aimable diverſity of our Flowers: […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From aim + -able.

Etymology 2

From French aimable. Doublet of amable.

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