† comenable, a. Obs.
Also 4 comunable, -bil. (Cf. communably.)
Corrupt form of convenable, covenable, due, convenient, suitable.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 10122 (Cott.) Þar þe castel standes stable And cherite es comunable [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. |