alible, a.
(ˈælɪb(ə)l)
[f. L. alibil-is, f. al-ĕre to nourish: see -ble.]
1. Nutritive, nourishing.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Alible, nourishable, comfortable. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 167 The bloud..could scarce assimilate the alible Juice. 1775 Ash, Alible, nourishing. 1879 Syd. Soc. Lex., Alible Substance, the nutritive portion of the chyme, as distinct from the excrementitious. |
2. ‘Which may be nourished.’ J. rare—0.
| 1755 in Johnson. 1775 in Ash. |