† coveˈnablete Obs.
[a. OF. covenableté: see covenable and -ty.]
Fitness, suitableness; also, a fit occasion, an opportunity.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Macc. xiv. 29 He kepte couenabletee [Vulg. opportunitatem], in whiche he shulde perfourme the maundement. ― Matt. xxvi. 16 And fro that tyme he souȝte couenablete, for to bitake hym. 1489 Caxton Faytes of A. i. vii. 16 This onely couenablete without the other propretees. |