praisable, a. Now rare.
(ˈpreɪzəb(ə)l)
Also 7–9 praiseable.
[f. praise v. + -able.]
Deserving of praise; praiseworthy, laudable, commendable.
| 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xlix. 314 In good tyme he was boren, I-wis, Þat preisable is and not preised is. 1382 Wyclif Lev. xix. 24 The ferthe forsothe ȝeer al the fruyt of hem shal be halowid and preysable [1388 preiseful; Vulg. laudabilis] to the Lord. 1388 ― 2 Tim. ii. 15 Bisili kepe to ȝyue thi silf a preued preisable werkman to God. a 1400 Te Deum in Prymer (1891) 22 The preysable nowmbre of prophetis [L. prophetarum laudabilis numerus]. 1509 Fisher Fun. Serm. on C'tess of Richmond Wks. (1876) 291 She had in maner all that was praysable in a woman, eyther in soule or in body. 1602 Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. ii. xviii. 91 To encourage these Gentlemen in so praiseable an enterprise. 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 424 Laudable or Praisable Subsistency or Co-originating Resultancy. 1891 Review of Rev. 14 Nov. 517/2 This simple and praiseable quality of work. |
Hence ˈpraisableness; ˈpraisably adv.
| 1557 Cheke in T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ad fin., Then doth our tung naturallie and praisablie vtter her meaning. 1648–60 Hexham Dutch Dict., Lofwaerdigheydt, praiseablenesse, or Laudablenesse. 1733 Oxf. Lat. Gram. To Rdr. A v b, No word..to be so hard..as the Scholar shall not be able praisably to enter into the forming thereof. |