adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Capable of being held; holdable. obsolete, rare
2. 2
   Capable of retaining or holding in. rare

Etymology

As if from a Latin *tenibilis, from teneō (“I hold, I retain”). Compare tenable, docible.

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