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1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal. 2. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip;

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1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal. 2. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident. Syn. -- Accountable; responsible; answerable; bound; subject; obnoxious; exposed. -- Liable, Subject. Liable refers to a future possible or probable happening which may not actually occur; as, horses are liable to slip; even the sagacious are liable to make mistakes. Subject refers to any actual state or condition belonging to the nature or circumstances of the person or thing spoken of, or to that which often befalls one. One whose father was subject to attacks of the gout is himself liable to have that disease. Men are constantly subject to the law, but liable to suffer by its infraction. Proudly secure, yet liable to fall. Milton. All human things are subject to decay. Dryden.

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  • RESPONSIBLE
    1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy,
  • PROMPT-BOOK
    The book used by a prompter of a theater.
  • OBNOXIOUS
    1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; -- with to. The writings of lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular laws. Bacon. Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse. Milton.
  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • SUBJECTION
    1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government
  • QUALIFICATION
    1. The act of qualifying, or the condition of being qualified. 2. That which qualifies; any natural endowment, or any acquirement, which fits a person for a place, office, or employment, or which enables him to sustian any character with success;
  • SUBJECTIST
    One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
  • SUBJECTNESS
    Quality of being subject.
  • ADAPTABLE
    Capable of being adapted.
  • QUALIFIED
    1. Fitted by accomplishments or endowments. 2. Modified; limited; as, a qualified statement. Qualified fee , a base fee, or an estate which has a qualification annexed to it, the fee ceasing with the qualification, as a grant to A and his heirs,
  • ACCREDIT
    1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. His censure will . . . accredit his praises. Cowper. These reasons . . . which accredit and fortify mine opinion. Shelton. 2. To send with letters credential, as an
  • ACCREDITATION
    The act of accrediting; as, letters of accreditation.
  • PERTINENT
    1. Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence. 2. Regarding; concerning; belonging;
  • QUALIFIER
    , One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
  • OFFENSIVE
    1. Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words. 2. Giving pain or unpleasant sensations; disagreeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach."
  • PROMPTLY
    In a prompt manner.
  • PUNISHABLE
    Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
  • APPROPRIATE
    Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words
  • DEPENDENT
    1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining;
  • BECOME
    happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional
  • UNBECOMING
    Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
  • DISAGREEABLENESS
    The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
  • UNAPPLIABLE
    Inapplicable. Milton.
  • COMMODIOUSLY
    In a commodious manner. To pass commodiously this life. Milton.
  • APPERTINENT
    Belonging; appertaining. Coleridge.
  • SUBDELEGATE
    A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
  • OVERREADY
    Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
  • SHAGREEN; SHAGREENED
    Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen. (more info) 1. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. "A shagreen case of lancets." T. Hook.
  • SHAGREEN
    To chagrin.

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