a. Obs. Also 4 comunable, -bil. (Cf. COMUNABLY.) Corrupt form of CONVENABLE, COVENABLE, due, convenient, suitable.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 10122 (Cott.). Þar þe castel standes stable And cherite es comunabie [v. r. couenabul].
c. 1350. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 349. Weche, sholde, to þe comenable somaunse of þe forseyde meyre, come.
c. 1440. Gesta Rom., 378 (Add. MSS.). A Comenable tyme is not yete comyn.
