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es·ti·ma·ble    Audio Help   (ěs'tə-mə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   Possible to estimate: estimable assets; an estimable distance. Deserving of esteem; admirable: an estimable young professor. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aestimābilis, from aestimāre, to value.] es'ti·ma·ble·ness n., es'ti·ma·bly adv.

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estimable
adjective
1.	deserving of respect or high regard [ant: contemptible]
2.	deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"
3.	may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets" [syn: computable]

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Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble\, a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.]

1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. --Paley. .

2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]

A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. --Shak.

3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.

A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. --Sir W. Temple.

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Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble\, n. A thing worthy of regard. [R.]

One of the peculiar estimables of her country. --Sir T. Browne.

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