Definitions for: Improvable


[adj] susceptible of improvement



Webster (1913) Definition: Im*prov"a*ble, a. [From Improve.]
1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;
admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or
of being advanced in good qualities.

Man is accommodated with moral principles,
improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir
M. Hale.

I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.

2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;
serviceable; advantageous.

The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints
to better. --Sir T.
Browne.
-- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv.

Synonyms: corrigible

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