a. [ See Associate. ] 1. Capable of being associated or joined. [ 1913 Webster ]

We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sociable; companionable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body. Med. Rep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Associability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissociabilis, fr. dissociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate. ] 1. Not well associated or assorted; incongruous. [ 1913 Webster ]

They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insociabilis: cf. F. insociable. See In- not, and Sociable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Incapable of being associated, joined, or connected. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lime and wood are insociable. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not sociable or companionable; disinclined to social intercourse or conversation; unsociable; taciturn. [ 1913 Webster ]

This austere insociable life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ F., fr. L. sociabilis, fr. sociare to associate, fr. socius a companion. See Social. ] 1. Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They are sociable parts united into one body. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions; social. [ 1913 Webster ]

Society is no comfort to one not sociable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

What can be more uneasy to this sociable creature than the dry, pensive retirements of solitude? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ready to converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. No longer hostile; friendly. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sociable bird, or
Sociable weaver (Zool.), a weaver bird which builds composite nests. See Republican, n., 3. (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Social; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; accessible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A carriage having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver. Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sociable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

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