NOT'ABLE, adjective [Latin known; to know.] 1. Remarkable; worthy of notice; memorable; observable; distinguished or noted. They bore two or three charges from the horse with notable courage. Two young men of notable strength. 2 Maccabees. 2. Active; industrious; careful; as a notable woman. [In both senses, this word is obsolete in elegant style, or used only in irony. The second sense is in colloquial use in New England. 3. In Scripture, conspicuous; sightly; as a notable horn. Daniel 8:5. 4. Notorious. Matthew 27:16. 5. Terrible. Acts 2:20. 6. Known or apparent. Acts 4:16. NOT'ABLE, noun 1. In France, the nobles or persons of rank and distinction were formerly called notables. 2. A thing worthy of observation.
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