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Superable

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su⋅per⋅a⋅ble

  [soo-per-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being overcome; surmountable.
Origin:
1620–30; < L superābilis, equiv. to superā(re) to overcome (deriv. of super; see super- ) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
su⋅per⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, su⋅per⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
su⋅per⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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su·per·a·ble   (sōō'pər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Possible to overcome; surmountable: superable problems.

[Latin superābilis, from superāre, to overcome, from super, over; see uper in Indo-European roots.]
su'per·a·ble·ness n., su'per·a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

superable 
"surmountable," 1629, from L. superabilis "that may be overcome," from superare "to overcome," from super "over" (see super-) + -abilis (see -able). The negative formation insuperable is older and more common and this may be a back-formation.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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