adjective.
That may be suffered; capable of being tolerated, endured or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
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adjective.
capable of being borne though unpleasant
Word Usage
"But if the machines are sufferable, that is, if they have so much as divine probability, then it follows of necessity, that the doctrine of the church is false; so that I leave it to every impartial clergyman to consider. '"