About The Word Tenable
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What's The Definition Of Tenable?
[adj] based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable argument"; "well-founded suspicions"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenable: reasonable | sensible | well-founded Related Terms | Find terms related to Tenable: See Also | Tenable In Webster's Dictionary \Ten"a*ble\, a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L.
tenere. See {Thin}, and cf. {Continue}, {Continent},
{Entertain}, {Maintain}, {Tenant}, {Tent}.]
Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an
assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or
process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be
tenable in your silence still. --Shak.
I would be the last man in the world to give up his
cause when it was tenable. --Sir W.
Scott.
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