tenable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TEN'ABLE, adjective [Latin teneo, to hold. See Tenant.] That may be held, maintained or defended against an assailant, or against attempts to take it; as a tenable fortress. The works were not deemed tenable The ground taken in the argument is not tenable
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