[ten-uh-buh
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| 1. | capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute: a tenable theory. |
| 2. | capable of being occupied, possessed, held, or enjoyed, as under certain conditions: a research grant tenable for two years. |
| ten·a·ble (těn'ə-bəl) adj.
[French, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] ten'a·bil'i·ty, ten'a·ble·ness n., ten'a·bly adv. |