a. [ad.L. superābilis, f. superāre: see SUPERATE and -ABLE. Cf. OF. superable, It. superabile, etc.] Capable of being overcome or vanquished; surmountable: the opposite of insuperable.
1629. Hobbes, Thucyd. (1822), 104. If he be superable by money.
1685. Boyle, Enq. Notion Nat., 32. I must take leave to complain of the scarce superable Difficulty of the Task.
1751. Johnson, Rambler, No. 126, ¶ 9. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort.
1815. Jebb, in Corr. Knox & Jebb (1834), II. 208. Nothing fairly superable should prevent my forthwith obeying the welcome summons to B——.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 139. The physician must be on his guard not to be put off from urging change of scene or places of cure, by protestations of hindrances which in health would have been superable enough.
Hence Superability, Superableness, the quality of being superable; Superably adv., so as to be superable.
1727. Bailey (vol. II.), Superableness.
1818. Todd, Superably, so as may be overcome.
1889. Chr. Union (N.Y.), 10 Jan. The superability of all obstacles.
