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Webster 1913 Edition
Sortable
Sort′a-ble
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
sortable
suitable.] 1.
Capable of being sorted.
2.
Suitable; befitting; proper.
[Obs.]
con.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sortable
SORT'ABLE
,Adj.
1.
That may be sorted.2.
Suitable; befitting.Definition 2024
sortable
sortable
English
Adjective
sortable (comparative more sortable, superlative most sortable)
- (obsolete) Suitable; proper, appropriate. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.28:
- If we must needs study, let us study something sorteable to our condition […].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.28:
- That can be sorted. [from 20th c.]