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  Tenable \Ten"a*ble\ (t[e^]n"[.a]*b'l), a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir
     to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue,
     Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]
     Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an
     assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or
     process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
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           If you have hitherto concealed his sight,
           Let it be tenable in your silence still. --Shak.
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           I would be the last man in the world to give up his
           cause when it was tenable.               --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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  Tenable \Ten"a*ble\, a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L.
     tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent,
     Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]
     Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an
     assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or
     process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument.
  
           If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be
           tenable in your silence still.           --Shak.
  
           I would be the last man in the world to give up his
           cause when it was tenable.               --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

  tenable
       adj : based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable
             argument"; "well-founded suspicions" [syn: well-founded]

  tenable
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 (ετ στρατ fr) που μπορεί να κρατώ, να υπερασπίζω για κάποιο χρονικό
  διάστημα
     2 υποφερτός

  tenable
     French a.
     (l en tenable)

  tenable
     a.
     1 (lb en of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or
  justified; well-founded
     2 (lb en military) Capable of being defended against assault or
  attack; defensible

  tenable
     French a.
     (l en tenable)

  tenable
     French a.
     (l en tenable)

  tenable
     Englanti a.
     kestävä; pitävä, pätevä

  tenable
     Engelska a.
     hållbar

  Tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  متَقبَّل

  tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl// 
  1. удържим, устойчив
  of a defensive structure: capable of being defended
  2. защитим
  of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ 
  udržitelný

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  haltbar 

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  vertretbar 
           Note: Argument
     Synonym: defensible
  
   see: unjustifiable, indefensible, untenable
  
           Note: argument

  tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl// 
  1. kestävä, puolustettava
  of a defensive structure: capable of being defended
  2. kestävä, perusteltava, pätevä, uskottava
  of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ 
  1. तर्कसंगत
        "His statement is tenable."

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  održiv, postojan, trajan, čvrst

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  1. megvédhetô
  2. tartható

  tenable /ˈtenəbəl/ 
    do utrzymania, mogący być obroniony

  tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl// 
  hållbar
  of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

  tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/
  1. makul
  2. inanılabilen
  3. elde tutulabilir
  4. bahiste ispatı mümkün olan
  5. savunması kolay. tenableness, tenabil'ity  makul olma .tenably  makulce.

  tenable /tə.nabl/ 
  auszuhalten, erträglich

  
/ˈtɛnəbəɫ/

  
/tənabl/

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "tenable":
     OK, acceptable, admissible, agreeable, all right, alright,
     arguable, believable, colorable, conceivable, condonable, credible,
     creditable, defendable, defensible, excusable, fiduciary,
     good enough, imaginable, impregnable, justifiable, maintainable,
     okay, passable, plausible, possible, rational, reasonable,
     reliable, secure, supportable, trustworthy, trusty,
     unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, unquestionable,
     viable, vindicable, warrantable, workable, worthy of faith
  
  

  a. 可守的,可主张的,有条理的;

     a. 可守的,可主张的,有条理的,成立的