compatible

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COMPATIBLE, adjective 1. Consistent; that may exist with; suitable; not incongruous; agreeable; followed by with; sometimes by to, but less properly. The poets have joined qualities which by nature are the most compatible The office of a legislator and of a judge are deemed not compatible To pardon offenders is not always compatible with public safety.
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