associable

English

Adjective

associable (comparative more associable, superlative most associable)

1. Capable of being associated or joined.
   • 1855, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Psychology:

     We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another.

2. (obsolete) sociable; companionable
3. (medicine, obsolete) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
   • 1802, Samuel l. Mitchill, Edward Miller, “Remarks on the Sympathy of the Stomach”, in The Medical Repository:

     the stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body

Derived terms

• associableness
• nonassociable
• unassociable